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Rock Creek Prospect

Prospect in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097448
MRDS ID W026730
Record type Site
Current site name Rock Creek Prospect
Alternate or previous names Rock Creek Silver-Lead Min. Co. Property
Related records 10159504

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.85792, 47.46597 (WGS84)
Elevation 930
Relative position 3 MI SW OF MULLAN; 3 MI E OF WALLACE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mullan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048N;047N 005E;005E 32,04,05,06,07,08 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • COMPANY PROPERTY ALSO IN T 47 N, R 4 E, SEC. 1 , AND T 48 N, R 5 E, SEC. 31

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Wallace Formation; St. Regis Formation
    Rock description Wallace Formationt;St. Regis Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.85792, 47.46597
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Between Osburn And Placer Creek Faults.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District (Hunter)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Phillips Petroleum Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2154.94M

Comments on the workings information

  • LENGTH ABOVE IS A 1966 FIGURE.

Comments on development

  • 175 UNPATENTED CLAIMS AND 1 PATENTED CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROCKCREEK SILVER LEAD MERGED INTO ROCK CREEK CO. IN LATE 1967

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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