Oxford Prospect

Occurrence in Clearwater county in Idaho, United States with commodity 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070302
MRDS ID W013137
Record type Site
Current site name Oxford Prospect
Related records 10119638

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.6333, 46.61197 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position ABOUT 14 MI NE OF PIERCE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clearwater(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

French Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Headquarters(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hamilton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper North Fork Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nez Perce-Clearwater 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 Clearwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 038N 006E 25 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON S. SLOPE OF ELK MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Diorite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.6333, 46.61197

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike E
    Dip 45 DEG S
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Oxford District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Collins, Mr. J. B.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Jerome Day

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1930, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REGION ABOUT OROFINO, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 34, 63 P.

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL, ARTHUR, 1937, 38TH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1936, P. 162.

  • Deposit

    THOMSON, FRANCIS A., AND BALLARD, SAMUEL M., 1924, GEOLOGY AND GOLD RESOURCES OF NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 7,123 P.

  • Deposit

    BELL, R. N., 1910, ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1909, P. 82.

  • Deposit

    1924 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 7

  • Deposit

    1930 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 34

  • Deposit

    1937 COMPILE IDAHO MINE INSPECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1936

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references