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Crystal Spring Prospect

Prospect in Kootenai county in Idaho, United States with commodity Copper
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  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096442
MRDS ID W019468
MAS/MILS ID 0160550036
Record type Site
Current site name Crystal Spring Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.41354, 47.59156 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position 14 MI NW OF KELLOGG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kootenai(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rose Lake(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 001W 13 SE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Along Canyon S Of Wall Peak About 1 Mi N Of Us Highway No. 10

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock type qualifier Chlorite Schist
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock type qualifier Thin-Bedded Shales
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation
    Rock description Prichard Form.-Thin-Bedded Shales, Chlorite Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.41354, 47.59156
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Shearing
Type of structure Regional
Structure name Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of WNW Trend

Ore body information

  • General form SEAMS AND STRINGERS, BUNCHES, RIBBONS
    Strike N 35 DEG W
    Dip 90 DEG
    Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • Less Disturbed Prichard Beds Strike N 25 Deg W, Dip 35 Deg Ne.
  • Original Structures entry:
    Local - Shearing Trends N 30 Deg E, Dips 45 Deg Ne
    Regional - Property Is 1 To 2 Mi N. Of Osburn Fault. Area Of Broad Much - Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of Wnw Trend.
  • Original ore control entry:
    Shear Zone
  • Original alteration entry:
    Local - Chloritization

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 Little North Fork District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Crystal Spring Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 54.86M

Comments on development

  • 8 Unpatented Claims. Compressor Building.

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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