Coleman Prospect

Prospect in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10144619
MRDS ID W014029
MAS/MILS ID 0160850248
Record type Site
Current site name Coleman Prospect
Alternate or previous names Idaho Primitive Area.
Related records 10070898

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.28675, 44.66318 (WGS84)
Elevation 2512
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chinook Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 015 N 010 E 06 C Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.28675, 44.66318

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 90W
    Width 0.6M
    Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N30E:90W
    Date of Last Modification 810128

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kimball, Art
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1938

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAMPLES FROM OVERBURDEN, STOCKPILES AND FAULT ZONES CONTAINED TRACE TO 12.3 GRAM GOLD AND 20.5 TO 34.26 GRAM SILVER PER METRIC TON AND A MAXIMUM OF 0.52 PERCENT LEAD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-OCT-1992 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.