Wampum Prospect

Prospect in Shoshone 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078327
MRDS ID W026608
MAS/MILS ID 0160790161
Record type Site
Current site name Wampum Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.57961, 47.34097 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 5 MI SW OF SALTESE, MONT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Adair(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 007E 09 SW OF SW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gossan

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Wallace Formation
    Rock description Wallace Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.57961, 47.34097

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name St. Joe District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Collier, A.J., 1906, Ore Deposits In The St. Joe River Basin, Idaho, In Contributions To Economic Geology, 1905: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 285, P. 185.

  • Deposit

    Calloway, F. W., 1928 , Coeur D'Alene Mines: Unpublished Property Map Of The Coeur D'Alene District.

  • Deposit

    1905 Recon A. J. Collier, Bulletin 28

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1977 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-FEB-1989 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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