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Gray Eagle Prospect

Occurrence in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, 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. 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. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078306
MRDS ID W026579
Record type Site
Current site name Gray Eagle Prospect
Related records 10120549

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.85463, 47.65904 (WGS84)
Elevation 1173
Relative position 5.5 MI E OF PRICHARD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Murray(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thompson Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Coeur d'Alene(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 Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 050N 005E 29 NE OF NW OF NW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified; Ankerite, Sericite, Chlorite

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.85463, 47.65904
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Murray Peak Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip VERT
    Width 2.13M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1924
Discoverer W. Hansen; C. J., W. A., Arthur, And F. C. Johnson

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M

Comments on development

  • 20 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; ECON.COM: DEEP SOIL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHENON, P. J., 1938 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR MURRAY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 47 , 44 P

  • Deposit

    1938 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 4

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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