Smith Prospect

Occurrence in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodity Mercury
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 10096304
MRDS ID W014213
Record type Site
Current site name Smith Prospect
Related records 10169420

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.28513, 44.92738 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 3.5 MI NE OF STIBNITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stibnite(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 018N 010E 06 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVG. ASSAY 18 LB QUICKSILVER/TO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Limestone, Quartzite
    Rock description Limestone, Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.28513, 44.92738

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 90 DEG

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1901
Discoverer Pringle Smith

Mining district

District name Yellow Pine District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Monumental Mining Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, D. C., 1919, TUNGSTEN, CINNABAR, MANGANESE, MOLYBDENUM, AND TIN DEPOSITS OF IDAHO: UNIV. OF IDAHO SCHOOL OF MINES BULL. 2, V. 14, 72 P.

  • Deposit

    BELL, R. N., 1919, TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1918.

  • Deposit

    1919 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S ANN. REPT., 191

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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