The St. James Prospect is a mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,161 feet.
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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
Elevation: 5,161 Feet (1,573 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 47.5586, -115.82250
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St. James Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: St. James Prospect
Secondary: Admiral Consolidated
Secondary: Sunrise Prospect
Secondary: National Uranium
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Coeur D'Alene District (Summit)
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Admiral Consolidated
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: Bitterroot Mountains - Coeur D'Alene Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Burke Anticline
Type: L
Description: Hercules And Gertie Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): Adjoined on South by Hercules, on West by Sunset, and on East by Majestic and Burke
Comment (Development): 29 Claims in the company. Property inactive except for assessment work
References
Reference (Deposit): Spokane Chronicle, Nov. 7 , 1967
Reference (Deposit): Hobbs, S. W., And Others, 1965 , Geology Of The Coeur D'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 478 , 139 P.
Reference (Deposit): Western Mining News, 1976 - 1977 Directory Of Mines For Idaho (Coeur D'Alenes) And Washington, P. 2
Reference (Deposit): 1965 Geolmap S. W. Hobbs And Others, Prof. Paper 47
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