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Gold Center Prospect

Occurrence in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Gold, Silver
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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. 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 10089079
MRDS ID W012943
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Center Prospect
Related records 10266205

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.16322, 47.00237 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position 4 MI E. OF CLARKIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Merry Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Maries(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 042N 002E 11 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR BOUNDARY OF SEC. 12

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Scapolite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
    Rock unit name Wallace Form-Hornfels, Quartzite, Marble, Schist
    Rock description Wallace Form-Hornfels, Quartzite, Marble, Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.16322, 47.00237
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50 DEG W
    Dip 50 DEG SW
    Length 30.48M
    Width 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Marble Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1928, A GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE IN THE ST. MARIES REGION, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 30, P. 21

  • Deposit

    1928 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPH 3

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 Miller, Pat J. 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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