Montana Prospect

Occurrence in Washington county in Idaho, United States with commodities Iron, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Reserves and resources
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090085
MRDS ID W012999
Record type Site
Current site name Montana Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.0174, 44.55706 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 20 MI. NORTH OF WEISER, IDAHO AND 6 MI. EAST OF THE SNAKE RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monroe Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Weiser(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 014N 006W 11,12,13,14 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • IRON DEPOSITS ARE INSIGNIFICANT IN SIZE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Cavities In Magnetite Due To Leaching Of Sulfides.

Analytical data

Result HEMATITE SAMPLE GAVE 53.67 % FE, MAGNETITE SAMPLE GAVE 66.95 % FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Andesite Flows;Granite Or Granodiorite;Perm-Tri
    Rock description Andesite Flows;Granite Or Granodiorite;Perm-Tri
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Martin Bridge Formation-Marble
    Rock description Martin Bridge Formation-Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.0174, 44.55706

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description High - Angle Faulting With Westward Tilting Of The Fault Blocks.

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, TABULAR , BLANKET
    Dip W
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 12.19M
    Width 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Marble And Andesite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1897

Mining district

District name Iron Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Siegwein, John
    Home office Weiser, Id
    First year 1943

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1947
    Indicated 2000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 53 wt-pct Iron Trace 1947

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES CONTAIN BOTH HEMATITE AND MAGNETITE ORE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 16.76M

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 30 MI FROM RAIL HEAD AT WEISER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1890'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Nakai, Terry L.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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