Even Chance Claim

Occurrence in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Antimony, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011694
MRDS ID D006788
Record type Site
Current site name Even Chance Claim
Alternate or previous names Brinegar Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.83453, 43.83209 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI N. OF THE OLD VIENNA TOWNSITE., Within .4 Mi

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Frenchman Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006N 014E Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED W. OF SMILEY CREEK, ABOUT 400 FT ABOVE THE VALLEY FLOOR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Challis Volcanics
    Rock description Challis Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.83453, 43.83209

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • PALEOZOIC SEDIMENTS CROP OUT NEARBY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Vienna District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Fred Osmers
    Home office Tacoma, Wa.
  • Type Owner
    Owner C. E. Brinegar
    Home office Boise, Id.

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SMALL OPEN CUTS COMPRISED THE WORKINGS IN 1951.

Comments on development

  • TWO D.M.E.A. LOAN APPLICATIONS WERE MADE (DOCKET NOS. 1538 AND 2417) IN THE EARLY 1950'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMODITY FILES, U.S.G.S., SPOKANE WA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE D.M.E.A. DOCKET NOS. 1538 AND 2417. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-81 Lewis, Reed S. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.