Tommy Moran Prospect

Occurrence in Boundary county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, 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. 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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070135
MRDS ID W012842
MAS/MILS ID 0160210022
Record type Site
Current site name Tommy Moran Prospect
Alternate or previous names Moran Property, Howard Wickersham, Matterhorn

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.25636, 48.89597 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position 3 1/2 MI. E. OF BRUSH LAKE; 7 1/2 MI SW OF EASTPORT, IDAHO. 13 MI NNE 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

Hall Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bonners Ferry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Moyie(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 064N 002E 18,19 SE (19) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • W. Slope Of Bussard Mtn., 1 1/2 Mi. Sw Of Queen Mtn. Lookout.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.25636, 48.89597

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Kaniksu Batholith; Joint Planes; Granite - Quartzite Contact Closeby.

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR, TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip SE
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joints Associated With Bethlehem Fault; Of Intermediate Or Mesothermal Deposition; Mobilized By Plutonic Activity

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Brush Lake District
District name Moyie-Yaak District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Kaniksu National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner H. Wickersham, S. Hash

Comments on the workings information

  • Open Cuts And Small Shafts.

Comments on development

  • 3 Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Brackebusch, F. W., 1969, Economic Geology Of The Queen Mountain Area, A Part Of The Purcell Range, Boundary County, Idaho: Unpublished Thesis, Univ. Idaho, 76 P.

  • Deposit

    Kirkham, V. R. D., And Ellis, E. W., 1926, Geology And Ore Deposits Of Boundary County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin, No. 10, 78 P.

  • Deposit

    Kiilsgaard, T. H., 1951, Descriptions Of Some Ore Deposits And Their Relationships To The Purcell Sills, Boundary County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet, 85, 31 P.

  • Deposit

    1926 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Bulletin 10

  • Deposit

    1951 Other Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 85

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 22-MAY-1986 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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