Oscar Claim

Occurrence in Boundary county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, 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. 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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093457
MRDS ID W012955
MAS/MILS ID 0160210132
Record type Site
Current site name Oscar Claim
Alternate or previous names Golden Triplet #3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.10325, 48.59487 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position 12.75 MI SE OF BONNERS FERRY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boundary(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leonia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bonners Ferry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Kootenai(hydrologic unit)

Kootenai(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 Boundary

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 061N 003E 32 E2NESW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • S. Side Of Boulder Creek About 1/2 Mi. W Of The Gaging Station.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Rock unit name Purcell Sill-Hornblende Gabbro
    Rock description Purcell Sill-Hornblende Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation-Quartzite
    Rock description Prichard Formation-Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.10325, 48.59487

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 DEG E
    Dip 65 DEG W
    Thickness 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • W. Contact Zone Of A N - Trending (?) Sill

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Moyie - Yaak District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Kaniksu National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kootenai Copper - Silver Mines Co.

Comments on development

  • Unpatented Claim

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Miller, D. A., 1973, Geology Of The Leonia Knob Area; Boundary County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho Ms Thesis, 103 P

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Sandpoint Quad, Location No. 103.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1975 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 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.