The Western King Prospect is a manganese mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Western King Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Western King Prospect
Secondary: Stang Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Coeurd'Alene District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Conrad Stang, R.L. Brainard, W.T. Schmidt, B.F. Schmidt, R.H. Kingsbury, And O.A. Scott
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Coeur D'Alene Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: FOUR SAMPLES SHOWED 28.9%, 20.0%, 20.7% AND 32.8% MN
Materials
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Siderite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 3 Veins Probably A Few Hundred Feet In Length Crop Out, One Is N54w, Vertical, Another N74w, 72n, and the Third Strikes Nw
Comment (Workings): One 117 Ft Adit and One 100 Ft Adit
Comment (Location): Located Along the W Fk. of Pine Creek
Comment (Development): 15 Unpatented Claims Were Held (1943)
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM, n.d., WFOC MPF-41.008
Reference (Deposit): Commodity Files, USGS, Spokane W
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