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King Tut Prospect

Prospect in Kootenai county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093712
MRDS ID W019470
MAS/MILS ID 0160550038
Record type Site
Current site name King Tut Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.50354, 47.59846 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position 13.5 MI SE OF COEUR D'ALENE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kootenai(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lane(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coeur D'Alene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coeur d'Alene Lake(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 Kootenai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 049N 001W 08,17 SESWSW (08) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1.25 Mi Above King Solomon At Mouth Of Mill Creek; S Of Mill Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe - Stain

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock type qualifier Thinly Laminated Shales
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation
    Rock description Prichard Form-Thinly Laminated Shales
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.50354, 47.59846
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Osburn Fault
Type of structure Regional
Structure name Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of WNW Trend

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 DEG W
    Dip 25 DEG SE
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Comments on the geologic information

  • Prichard Strikes N 45 Deg W, Dips 30 Deg Ne
  • Original ore control entry:
    Fissure
  • Original alteration entry:
    Local - Fe - Stain
  • Original Structures entry:
    Local - Near Osburn Fault
    Regional - Broad Much - Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of Wnw Trend

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Medimont (?) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coeur d'Alene National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1940 , Geology And Metalliferous Deposits Of Kootenai County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 53 , 67 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 22-MAY-1986 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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