St. Joe Prospect

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Gold, Nickel
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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070521
MRDS ID W013487
MAS/MILS ID 0160590071
Record type Site
Current site name St. Joe Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.34768, 45.12196 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 20 MI. W. OF SALMON, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blackbird Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N 018E 28 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 0.3 Mi. Up Meadow Creek, Adjoins The Bohannon On The N.W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cobaltite Ore
Erythrite Ore
Gold Ore
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.6 - 1.34% CO, 2.4% CU (DUMP SAMPLES)
Result PYRRHOTITE CARRIED $18 AU/TON, MINOR CO, NI (1901)
Result .8 % NI ( 1913 )

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock unit name Gabbro
    Rock description Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.34768, 45.12196

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Folds

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, LENS
    Thickness 1.83M
    Width 0.61M
    Depth to bottom 76.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original Structures entry:
    Local - Folds
  • Original ore control entry:
    Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895

Mining district

District name Blackbird District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hanna Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 163.07M
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings Are Flooded

Comments on development

  • St. Joe Claim Now Included In Blackbird Mine, See No. 363

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Ortman, Dale; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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