Dougherty Prospect

Occurrence in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096208
MRDS ID W007737
Record type Site
Current site name Dougherty Prospect
Related records 10168607

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.13525, 48.41127 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 3/4 MI NE OF LAKE DARLING; 22 MI BY TRAIL ALONG LIGHTNING CREEK FROM CLARK FORK, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Pend Oreille(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Kootenai(hydrologic unit)

Kootenai(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Kootenai 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 Bonner

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 058N 003E 06 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Biotite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification; Epidote, Biotite, Hornblende, Garnet

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Purcell Sill-Quartz Diorite
    Rock description Purcell Sill-Quartz Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • 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) -116.13525, 48.41127

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On W Limb Dipping 15 Deg E Of Large Syncline Whose Axis Is In Montana
Type of structure Local
Structure description Granodiorite Stock And 2 Small Porphyry Dikes Nearby

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 10 DEG W
    Dip 62 DEG SW
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting

Comments on the geologic information

  • PRICHARD LOCALLY STRIKES N 55 DEG E, DIPS 45 DEG SE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890

Mining district

District name Clark Fork District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Kootenai National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 19.81M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CLARK FORK DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL., NO. 12, 132 P.

  • Deposit

    SAVAGE, C. N., 1967, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF BONNER COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT, NO. 6, 131 P.

  • Deposit

    1930 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 12

  • Deposit

    1967 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. CO. REPT. 6

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN TRACED FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references