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Fourth of July Silver Prospect

Prospect in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078370
MRDS ID W026668
Record type Site
Current site name Fourth of July Silver Prospect
Related records 10241973

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.74542, 47.38347 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Relative position 12 MI SE OF WALLACE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lookout Pass(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 047N 006E 30,29 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • AT CONFLUENCE OF BULLION CREEK AND WONDERFUL CREEK. EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result HAND PICKED SAMPLES OF ORE FROM SMALL POCKETS IN THE 2 OLD TUNNELS ASSAYED 171 AND 46 OZ AG

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 > Argillite
    Rock unit name Wallace Formation
    Rock description Wallace Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.74542, 47.38347
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POCKETS

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Fourth Of July Silver, Inc.

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1971 , OLD TUNNELS EXTENDED 50 FT; ALSO , 22 FT CROSSCUT DRIVEN, AND 8 FT SHAFT SUNK ON VEIN.

Comments on development

  • 28 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. ABOUT 300 FT DIAMOND DRILLING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, OCT. 14 , 1969

  • Deposit

    BROWN, B. R., DIR., 1975 , FIRST ANN., REPT. ADDENDUM OF THE IDAHO DEPT. OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, P. 67

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1976 - 77 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO ( COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 27 - 28

  • Deposit

    1970 DIREXPL FOURTH OF JULY SILVER, INC.

  • Deposit

    1975 COMPILE IDAHO DEPT. LABOR FIRST ANN. REPT. ADDENDUM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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