Dundas Prospect

Occurrence in Clearwater county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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 10072125
MRDS ID W015982
MAS/MILS ID 0160490335
Record type Site
Current site name Dundas Prospect
Alternate or previous names Lolo Mining and Power

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.15631, 46.37127 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position 1.75 MI SE OF GREER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clearwater(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sixmile Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Orofino(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Clearwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 035N 002E 13 SW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • At Mouth Of Lolo Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

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

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Quartz diorite.

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 DEG W
    Dip 30 DEG E
    Length 304.8M
    Width 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lolo District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1956, The Geology And Mineral Resources Of The Region About Orofino, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Pamphlet 34, 63 P.

  • Deposit

    Bell, R. N., 1918, Nineteenth Ann. Rept. Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1917, P. 76.

  • Deposit

    1918 Compile 19 Th Ann. Rept. Of State Mine Inspector For 1917

  • Deposit

    1956 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 34

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 25-JUN-1981 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.