Feather Creek Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096415
MRDS ID W015974
Record type Site
Current site name Feather Creek Prospect
Alternate or previous names Peacock, Olson
Related records 10290510

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.41793, 46.96236 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Relative position 7 MI N. OF BOVILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Latah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Abes Knob(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Potlatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Joe(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(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 001W 23,24,25,26 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR HEAD OF LAGUNA CREEK ABOUT 3 MI SE OF MIZPAH DEPOSIT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Heavy Gossan; Gouge; Mn Stain; Silicification

Analytical data

Result CHEMICAL AND SPECTROGRAPH ANALYSES ON 1 SAMPLE 0.65% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Lower Member Of Wallace Formation-Gneiss; Quartzite
    Rock description Lower Member Of Wallace Formation-Gneiss; Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.41793, 46.96236

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciation; Hoodoo Fault Is 600 Ft To The Ne

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 DEG W
    Dip 90 DEG
    Length 1066.8M
    Width 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880

Mining district

District name Feather Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Clearwater National Forest (Palouse RD of St. Joe National Forest)

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Olson, Albert B.

Comments on the workings information

  • DOZER, JEEP, DIAMOND DRILL (250 FT. ROD); 2 OPEN CUTS

Comments on development

  • 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STALEY, W. W., 1962, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 1 P. [Unable to locate. Doesn't appear to have been published.]

  • Deposit

    MC NEILL, A. R., 1971 , GEOLOGY OF THE HOODOO MINING DISTRICT, LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, UNIV. OF IDAHO, MS THESIS, 98 P.

  • Deposit

    1930 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY (TULLIS) [Unable to determine what this is. Probably not published.]

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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