Beauty Bay Prospect

Prospect in Kootenai county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Zinc, Tungsten, Uranium, Arsenic
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. Mineral rights holdings
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096440
MRDS ID W019458
MAS/MILS ID 0160550025
Record type Site
Current site name Beauty Bay Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.67465, 47.61176 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position 7 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

Mount Coeur D'Alene(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 003W 01,12 SWNWSW (01) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On Ridge Separating Beauty Bay From Wolf Lodge Bay, N And NE Of Mouth Of Beauty Creek; Land Classification Given As "Public Sale"

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe - Stained

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock type qualifier Altered Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation
    Rock description Prichard Formation-Altered Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.67465, 47.61176

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Broad Much - Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of Wnw Trend

Ore body information

  • General form CHIMNEY - LIKE, PODS
    Strike N 30 DEG W
    Dip 85 DEG SW
    Thickness 4.88M
    Length 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original alteration entry:

    Local - Fe - Stained

  • Original ore control entry:

    Fracture

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 Beauty Bay District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Painted Desert Uranium And Oil Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 27.43M

Comments on development

  • 26 Unpatented Claims. 5 DDH Sites, 3 Of Which Are Potential U. Areas And 2 Of Which Have W And Base Metals

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.

  • Deposit

    Western Mining News, Aug. 25 , 1975

  • Deposit

    Umpleby And Jones, 1923, USGS Bulletin 732, 156 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Second Vein Strikes N 60 Deg E, Dips 80 Deg NW Other Veins Further E Strike N 60 Deg E, Dip 80 Deg NW. Largest Vein Strikes N 45 Deg W.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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