Naples Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069832
MRDS ID W007545
MAS/MILS ID 0160210043
Record type Site
Current site name Naples Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.34606, 48.53908 (WGS84)
Elevation 945
Relative position 3 MI SE OF NAPLES; 10 MI. S OF BONNERS FERRY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boundary(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twentymile Creek(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 060N 001E 21 C Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe - Oxides, Ferruginous Clay

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Kaniksu Batholith-Granite Or Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Kaniksu Batholith-Granite Or Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.34606, 48.53908

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1953

Mining district

District name Moyie Yaak District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • No Production (Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Cook, Earl Ferguson, 1955, Prospecting For Uranium, Thorium, And Tungsten In Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet, No. 102, 53 P.

  • Deposit

    Weis, Paul L., Armstrong, Frank C., And Rosenblum, Samuel, 1958, Reconnaissance For Radioactive Minerals In Washington, Idaho, And Western Montana, 1952 - 1955: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1074 - B, 48 P.

  • Deposit

    1953 Recon F. C. Armstrong Bulletin 1074 - B

  • Deposit

    1955 Other Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 102

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 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.