Trust Mining Company Prospect

Prospect in Boundary county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver, Nickel
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069962
MRDS ID W007770
MAS/MILS ID 0160210007
Record type Site
Current site name Trust Mining Company Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.39607, 48.96627 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 5 MI SE OF PORTHILL; 1 MI OFF HIGHWAY

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 19, 24 C (19) Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Analytical data

Result PICKED SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.06 OZ AU AND 5.4 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Purcell Sill-Gabbro And Diabase Or Diorite
    Rock description Purcell Sill-Gabbro And Diabase Or Diorite
    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 > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Ravalli Formation-Quartzite
    Rock description Ravalli Formation-Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.39607, 48.96627

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Vein On Contact

Ore body information

  • Strike N 7 DEG W
    Dip 35 DEG E
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
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

Comments on the production information

  • No Production (Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • Lowest Tunnel Of 3 Levels Is 600 Ft Long, Picking Up Vein 480 Ft From Portal. Equipment: 8 - Man Camp, 35 H. P. Engine, Compressor, Mine Car, Rails, Mining Tools, Blacksmith Shop.

Comments on development

  • 6 Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KIRKHAM, VIRGIL R. D., AND ELLIS, ERNEST W., 1926, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BOUNDARY COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL., NO. 10, 78 P

  • Deposit

    1926 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 1

  • Deposit

    MULTIPLE PROPERTY STUDY - - MPF DATA FILED UNDER 0160210006

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-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.