Cape Horn Prospect

Occurrence in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069957
MRDS ID W007762
Record type Site
Current site name Cape Horn Prospect
Related records 10119779

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.61826, 48.00796 (WGS84)
Elevation 701
Relative position 18 1/2 MI S OF SANDPOINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cocolalla(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pend Oreille Lake(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bonner

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 054N 002W 30 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Kaniksu Batholith-Dioritic Rock
    Rock description Kaniksu Batholith-Dioritic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.61826, 48.00796

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pend Oreille District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • 4 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAVAGE, C. N., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BONNER COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT, NO. 6, 131 P

  • Deposit

    1967 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. CO. REPT.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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