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Bishop Claim Prospect

Occurrence in Latah county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072090
MRDS ID W015933
Record type Site
Current site name Bishop Claim Prospect
Alternate or previous names Pinnell Vein
Related records 10192922

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.74914, 46.96656 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position 2.75 MI NNW OF HARVARD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Latah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harvard(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Potlatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Palouse(hydrologic unit)

Lower Snake(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 Latah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 042N 003W 20 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE N SIDE OF HEATH GULCH IMMEDIATELY BELOW THE GOLD BUG MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Barite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite
    Rock unit name Gold Hill Stock-Syenite Porphyry, Pyroxenite
    Rock description Gold Hill Stock-Syenite Porphyry, Pyroxenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.74914, 46.96656
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 DEG E
    Dip 90 DEG
    Width 0.38M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Filling

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blackfoot (Gold Hill) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FAICK, J. N., 1937, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GOLD HILL DISTRICT, LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, MS THESIS, P. 47

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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