Rose Marie Prospect

Prospect in Adams county in Idaho, United States with commodity Chromium
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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079115
MRDS ID W028023
MAS/MILS ID 0160030116
Record type Site
Current site name Rose Marie Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.31819, 44.90547 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 4 MI SW OF NEW MEADOWS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Adams(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Meadows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McCall(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Adams

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 018N 001E 10,15 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Near Boundary Of Secs. 10 And 15

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Albitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Canyon Mountain Series-Metasedimentary Gneiss, Serpentine, Peridotite
    Rock description Canyon Mountain Series-Metasedimentary Gneiss, Serpentine, Peridotite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.31819, 44.90547

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciation

Ore body information

  • General form PODS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Meadows Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 27-SEP-1990 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.