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Red Horse 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096443
MRDS ID W019475
MAS/MILS ID 0160550043
Record type Site
Current site name Red Horse Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.64915, 47.54206 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position 11.5 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 002W 31 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • In Deep Canyon Below Red Horse Mountain. Access By Way Of Blue Lake And Blue Creek From Coeur D'Alene River

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock type qualifier Quartzitic And Micaceous Beds
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation
    Rock description Prichard Form.-Quartzitic And Micaceous Beds
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.64915, 47.54206
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Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original Structures entry:
    Regional - Broad Much - Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of Wnw Trend

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1904

Mining district

District name Beauty Bay District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coeur d'Alene National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Red Horse Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 822.96M

Comments on development

  • Mine Plant, Camp, 5 - Ton Mill

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 22-MAY-1986 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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