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King Solomon Prospect

Prospect in Kootenai county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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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. 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. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073404
MRDS ID W019469
MAS/MILS ID 0160550037
Record type Site
Current site name King Solomon Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.47934, 47.58876 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position 15 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

Rose Lake(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 001W 16 NWSWSW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Several Hundred Yards Above Mouth Of Curran Creek; Along Ridge Crest Less Than 1/4 Mi N Of Canyon Bottom.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation
    Rock description Prichard Form-Slate, Chlorite Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock type qualifier Chlorite Schist
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.47934, 47.58876
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR BUNCHES, LENTICULAR
    Strike N 35 DEG W
    Dip 30 DEG NE
    Thickness 4.88M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original Structures entry:
    Local - Vein Parallel To Osburn Fault 1/2 Mi To Ne
    Regional - Broad Much Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of Wnw Trend

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Medimont (?) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner King Solomon Mining And Milling Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 182.88M

Comments on development

  • 2 Claims. Compressor Building. ; Econ.Com: Less Than 5 % Sulfides

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Vein May Be Traced Several Hundred Yards.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 22-MAY-1986 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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