Eureka Prospect

Past Producer in Boundary county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070151
MRDS ID W012865
MAS/MILS ID 0160210040
Record type Site
Current site name Eureka Prospect
Alternate or previous names Kate Fry Group, McGinty, Ebba, Wedge, Homestake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.06775, 48.61797 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 13 MI SE 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

Leonia(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 061N 003E 22, 28 S2SENE (28) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • N. Side Of Boulder Creek
  • 7/75 Kirkham And Ellis (1926) Give The Location As Sec 27; Their Map Shows The Mine In Sec 28.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation-Quartzite
    Rock description Prichard Formation-Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.06775, 48.61797

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Moyie - Yaak District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • Test Shipment Of Ore Was Made In The Early 1900'S.

Comments on development

  • Patented In 1893

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    Miller, D. A., 1973, Univ. Of Idaho, Ms Thesis, 103 P.

  • Deposit

    Miller, D. A., 1973, Geology Of The Leonia Knob Area, Boundary County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, Ms Thesis, 103 P

  • Deposit

    Kirkham And Ellis, 1926, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin 10, P. 63

  • Deposit

    Bennett and others, 2000, Bonners Ferry Ranger District USFS AML field report (Panhandle NF, v. 8).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 02-OCT-1990 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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