Big Step Prospect

Prospect in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Molybdenum, Silver, Zinc

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Land status
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10289917
MRDS ID	W007751
MAS/MILS ID	0160170023
Record type	Site
Current site name	Big Step Prospect
Related records	10069949

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates:	-116.90527, 48.42316 (WGS84)
Elevation	731
Location accuracy	500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Outlet Bay(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Priest(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Idaho	Bonner

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Boise	059 N	004 W	31	SWNE	Idaho

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary
Molybdenum	Tertiary
Silver	Tertiary
Zinc Critical	Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1)	Alluvial deposits.	ListMap

Economic information

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	Kaniksu National Forest

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0160170023
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W007751	MAS references MRDS
Idaho Geological Survey	Idaho Mines and Prospects	IMP	SA_130	http://www.idahogeology.org/

Bibliographic references

Deposit

SAVAGE C N 1967 IDA BUR MINES COUNTY REPT NO 6 P 116

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	14-NOV-1983	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.