Bruce Berringer Prospect

Occurrence in Boundary county in Idaho, United States with commodities Thorium, Uranium, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069828
MRDS ID W007541
Record type Site
Current site name Bruce Berringer Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.39274, 48.98181 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 4 3/4 MI SE OF PORTHILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boundary(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copeland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bonners Ferry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Kootenai(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 065N 001E 18 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • W. SIDE HALL MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOOD POSSIBILITY FOR HIGH GRADE THORIUM

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Pyrrhotite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ESTIMATED 1% THORIUM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation-Quartzite
    Rock description Prichard Formation-Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.39274, 48.98181

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 1219.2M
    Width 2.74M
    Depth to bottom 152.4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Moyie - Yaak District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SMALL PROSPECT PITS

Comments on development

  • 5 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POWERS, HAROLD A., 1955, BRUCE BERRINGER PROPERTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    1955 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. OF REPT.

  • Deposit

    1960 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 122

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRIKE VARIES FROM N 10 DEG E - N 10 DEG W

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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