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Thorn Spring Prospect

Occurrence in Washington county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Zinc
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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. 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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070100
MRDS ID W012788
MAS/MILS ID 0160870143
Record type Site
Current site name Thorn Spring Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.06911, 44.52376 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position ABOUT 18 MILES DOWNSTREAM OF HUNTINGTON, ORE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monroe Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 014N 006W 28 NW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE MINERAL - IRON MOUNTAIN DISTRICT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Goethite Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization, Sericitization, Propylitization

Analytical data

Result VALUES OF 500 - 1000 PPM CU, 10 - 30 PPM MO (FROM TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF B-HORIZON SOIL SAMPLES)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Aplite;Iron Mountain Complex-Quartz Diorite, Porphyritic Granodiorite
    Rock description Aplite;Iron Mountain Complex-Quartz Diorite, Porphyritic Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Olds Ferry terrane.
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mineral District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Inspiration Development Co.
    Home office Morristown, Nj

Comments on development

  • PROSPECT IS MOSTLY COVERED BY SOIL AND CONTAINS FEW OUT CROPS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HENRICKSEN, T., 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL - IRON MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, IDAHO: CORVALLIS, OREGON STATE UNIV., PH.D. THESIS, 205 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1976 Benjamin, David A.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 28-JUL-1988 McHugh, Edward L. 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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