Silver Spray Prospect

Occurrence in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  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 10078323
MRDS ID W026603
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Spray Prospect
Related records 10120962

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.90882, 47.34067 (WGS84)
Elevation 991
Relative position 9 MI S OF WALLACE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mastodon Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Joe(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 046N 004E 11 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • .75 MI NW OF PROSPECTS IN SECS. 13 AND 14

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGED 0.3 OZ/TON AG, 17% PB

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.90882, 47.34067

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Osburn Fault. Complex Folding And Faulting (Nw-Se). Joints Strike N 20 Deg E, Are Vertical.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 24 DEG W
    Dip 10 DEG N
    Width 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Avery District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name St. Joe National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 32.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 TUNNELS, SEVERAL OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, W. R., 1949 , THE GEOLOGY OF PART OF THE SOUTH SLOPE OF THE ST. JOE MOUNTAINS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 82 , 48 P.

  • Deposit

    COLLIER, A. J., 1906 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ST. JOE RIVER BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 285 , P. 129 - 139

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J. T., 1911 , GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE UPPER ST. JOE RIVER BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 470 , P. 39 - 61

  • Deposit

    1906 OTHER A. J. COLLIER, BULL. 285

  • Deposit

    1911 GEOLMAP J. T. PARDEE, BULL. 470

  • Deposit

    1949 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, PAMPHLET 82

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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