The John Coats Prospect is a mine located in Washington county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,598 feet.
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
Elevation: 2,598 Feet (792 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 44.3431, -116.88330
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John Coats Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: John Coats Prospect
Secondary: Coats
Commodity
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Idaho
County: Washington
District: Weiser
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: John Coats
Owner Name: Chester Lackey
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1941
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR , TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Broad - Crested Anticlines; Syncline In Snake River Valley
Type: L
Description: Local Structural Depression, As A Result Of Faulting
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification (Opalization), Opalitization
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Chalcedony
Comments
Comment (Location): ALONG HWY 95 , 8 MI DUE W OF CONSOLIDATED QUICKSILVER
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: TOO LOW GRADE TO MINE AT A PROFIT.
Comment (Deposit): SHOOTS WITHIN THE OPALITIZED ROCK TREND N 10 - 55 DEG W
Comment (Workings): PITS AND DOZER CUTS ( 1941 )
References
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., 1964 , MINERAL RESOURCES - MERCURY, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1 , P. 119 - 123
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C. P., 1956 , QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS NEAR WEISER: USGS BULL. 1042-D, P. 79 - 104
Reference (Deposit): 1956 GEOLMAP ROSS, BULL. 1042-D
Reference (Deposit): 1964 COMPILE IBM & G SP. RPT. NO. 1
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