Milbert Prospect

Occurrence in Latah county in Idaho, United States with commodity Iron
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096413
MRDS ID W015877
Record type Site
Current site name Milbert Prospect
Alternate or previous names Carrico Iron, Hoteling Creek
Related records 10135199

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.78574, 46.97736 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 6.75 MI NE OF POTLATCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Latah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Princeton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Potlatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Palouse(hydrologic unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nez Perce-Clearwater 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 Latah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 042N 004W 13 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • FEW HUNDRED FT W OF EAST GOLD HILL FIRE TOWER AND AT HEAD OF HOTELING CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES OF 61.7% FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Rock unit name Gold Hill Stock-Porphyritic Syenite
    Rock description Gold Hill Stock-Porphyritic Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Syenite and related rocks.

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 457.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Adam Carrico

Mining district

District name Blackfoot (Gold Hill) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner R. M. Adams

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 60.96M
    Overall length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 DOZER CUTS

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: LARGE TONNAGE OF LOW GRADE ORE INDICATED BY EXTENSIVE DIAMOND DRILLING AND MAGNETOMETER SURVEYS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUBBARD, C. R., 1957, MINERAL RESOURCES OF LATAH COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. 2, 29 P.

  • Deposit

    FAICK, J. N., 1937, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GOLD HILL DISTRICT: MOSCOW, UNIV. OF IDAHO, MS THESIS, P. 48.

  • Deposit

    ASHER, R. R., 1964, IRON IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, SPEC. REPT. 1, P. 109

  • Deposit

    1957 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT. 2

  • Deposit

    1964 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 60 ACRES; EXTENSIVE DIAMOND DRILLING AND MAGNETOMETER SURVEYS INDICATE SEVERAL LARGE LOW-GRADE ORE BODIES SLIGHTLY BELOW SURFACE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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