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Silver Eagle Prospect

Occurrence in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodity Zinc
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  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011696
MRDS ID D006791
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Eagle Prospect
Alternate or previous names Blue Jacket Mine
Related records 10143602

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.34841, 43.81269 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 10 MI N OF KETCHUM, ID., Within 2 Miles.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rock Roll Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Wood(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 018E Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN, PROSPECT IS NEAR THE HEADWATERS OF EAGLE CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wood River Formation
    Rock description Wood River Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike NE
    Dip NW
    Width 0.41M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Intersection Of Two Small Shear Zones.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875

Mining district

District name Warm Spring District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Hail Park
    Home office Hailey, Id.
    First year 1943

Comments on the workings information

  • A SHORT TUNNEL AND SHAFT COMPRISED THE WORKINGS IN 1943.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S

Reporter information

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

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