O.K. Olson

Occurrence in Latah county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072086
MRDS ID W015924
MAS/MILS ID 0160570057
Record type Site
Current site name O.K. Olson
Alternate or previous names O.K. Olson Prospect, O.K. Olson Mine
Related records 10266197

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.69913, 46.73236 (WGS84)
Elevation 800
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 3 MI E OF TROY (Deleted duplicate record 10266197=0160570057) claimed this location is 500 m from the main entrance, but on Google Earth and other imagery, the entire operation appears to be plotting 1/2 mile too far east.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Latah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Bear Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Potlatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Latah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 039N 003W 10 NESW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Schist, Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.69913, 46.73236

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Troy District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 41.15M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUBBARD, C. R., 1957, MINERAL RESOURCES OF LATAH COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT 2, P. 14-15.

  • Deposit

    EASTMAN, E. A., 1925, A GEOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE COPPER OUTCROPS NEAR TROY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, BS THESIS, 15 P.

  • Deposit

    BELL, R. N., 1913, FOURTEENTH ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1912, P. 122-123.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-74 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-83 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines 10266197 (MAS 0160570057)
Updater 29-OCT-10 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted 10266197 (MAS 0160570057)

Beyond USGS

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