Ward Prospect

Prospect in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10078332
MRDS ID W026616
MAS/MILS ID 0160790173
Record type Site
Current site name Ward Prospect
Alternate or previous names Gold Mountain Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.3807, 47.26297 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 8 MI S OF DE BORGIA, MONTANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McGee Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(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 045N 008E 12 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On SE Spur of Wards Peak, Near Mile Post 161 of the Idaho - Montana Boundary; Lies Within 2 States; Latitude-Longitude Values Calculated From Township, Range, Section.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS OF $4 AND MORE / TON AU (1911)

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.3807, 47.26297

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 20 DEG W
    Dip 90 DEG
    Length 402.33M
    Width 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • Diabase Dike Strikes N 80 Deg E

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
Area name St. Joe National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 365.76M
    Overall depth 24.38M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Pardee, J. T., 1911 , Geology And Mineralization Of The Upper St. Joe River Basin, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 470 , P. 39 - 61

  • Deposit

    Collier, A. J., 1906 , Ore Deposits Of The St. Joe River Basin, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 285 , P. 129 - 139

  • Deposit

    1906 Other A. J. Collier, Bulletin 285

  • Deposit

    1911 Other J. T. Pardee, Bulletin 470

  • Deposit

    USGS Bulletin 732

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 23-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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