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Silver Spoon Prospect

Prospect in Boundary county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093404
MRDS ID W007530
MAS/MILS ID 0160210054
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Spoon Prospect
Alternate or previous names Lead Mill Prospect, Lead Hill Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.16636, 48.82347 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position 11 MI NE OF BONNERS FERRY; 1/2 MI NW OF MEADOW CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boundary(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Meadow Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bonners Ferry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Moyie(hydrologic unit)

Kootenai(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Boundary

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 063N 002E 11 C Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Analytical data

Result PB ISOTOPES: PB206/PB204 = 17.289
Result PB207/PB204 = 15.512
Result PB208/PB204 = 37.333

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock unit name Purcell Sill-Metagabbro
    Rock description Purcell Sill-Metagabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock unit name Prichard Form
    Rock description Prichard Form

Nearby scientific data

(1) Glacial deposits.
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joints

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Moyie Yaak District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Kaniksu National Forest

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 02-OCT-1990 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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