St. James Prospect

The St. James Prospect is a mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,161 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

Name: St. James Prospect  

State:  Idaho

County:  Shoshone

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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