Gray Wolf Prospect

Past Producer in Kootenai county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Bismuth, 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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Mineral rights holdings
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073399
MRDS ID W019461
MAS/MILS ID 0160550028
Record type Site
Current site name Gray Wolf Prospect
Alternate or previous names Hollywood

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.65775, 47.59766 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position 2.5 MI SE OF COEUR D'ALENE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kootenai(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Coeur D'Alene(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coeur D'Alene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coeur d'Alene Lake(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Kootenai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 049N 003W 12,13 NENENE (13) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Two Adits Beside Main Adit On Opposite Sides Of Beauty Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuthinite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Jamesonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetradymite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Bismuth Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Biotitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation
    Rock description Prichard Form-Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.65775, 47.59766

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Brecciation
Type of structure Regional
Structure name Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of WNW Trend

Ore body information

  • General form SEAMS, BANDS
    Length 609.6M
    Width 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original Structures entry:
    Local - Brecciation
    Regional - Broad Much - Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of Wnw Trend
  • Original alteration entry:
    Local - Biotitization
  • Original ore control entry:
    Fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1917

Mining district

District name Beauty Bay District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coeur d'Alene National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gray Wolf Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 301.75M

Comments on development

  • 9 Unpatented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1940 , Geology And Metalliferous Deposits Of Kootenai County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 53 , 67 P

  • Deposit

    Large, Thomas, 1943, Science, V 98, No 2556, P560-561

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Bismuth - Quartz Veins Strike N 20 To 50 Deg E

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references