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California Prospect

Prospect in Adams county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Garnet, Calcium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070212
MRDS ID W012962
MAS/MILS ID 0160030030
Record type Site
Current site name California Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.6185, 45.14957 (WGS84)
Elevation 2118
Relative position 3 MI. N. OF LANDORE. 5 MI. N. E. OF CUPRUM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Adams(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Purgatory Saddle(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Riggins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hells Canyon(hydrologic unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Adams

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N 002W 18, 19 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • E. Of Camp Cr., 1 Mi. E. Of White Monument. W. Slope Of High Ridge.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Garnet Tertiary
Calcium Tertiary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Tertiary
Limestone, Dimension Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite
    Rock description Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Martin Bridge Limestone
    Rock description Martin Bridge Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.6185, 45.14957
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • Large Body Of Carboniferous Limestone Included In Mass Of Cret. Granodiorite.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Seven Devils District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Livingston, D. C., And Laney, F. B., 1920, The Copper Deposits Of The Seven Devils And Adjacent Districts: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin 1, P. 79

  • Deposit

    1920 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol., Bulletin 1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 15-MAY-1995 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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