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Kelley Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078467
MRDS ID W026807
Record type Site
Current site name Kelley Creek Prospect
Related records 10184473

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.81181, 47.22847 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position 1.75 MI S OF AVERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fishhook Creek(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 045N 005E 22 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • W SIDE OF KELLEY CR. 1.75 MI ABOVE ITS CONFLUENCE WITH ST. JOE RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Wallace Formation
    Rock description Wallace Formationt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.81181, 47.22847
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WILSON, R. S., 1963 , GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION RECONNAISSANCE OF THE AVERY AREA, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M S THESIS, 81 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

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

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