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Sundog Prospect

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013540
MRDS ID D009898
Record type Site
Current site name Sundog Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.64671, 45.21709 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 12.7 MI N 78 E OF SALMON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bohannon Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Hole(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
022N 024E 19,20,29 SE OF SE (19); S2 (20); N2 OF N2 (29) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • AT THE END OF THE JEEP TRAIL UP THE BOTTOM OF THE N FORK OF BOHANNON CR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Lemhi
    Rock description Lemhi
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.64671, 45.21709
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Miner Lake-Beaverhead Divide Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name Eldorado District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner L. B. Coulter
    First year 1904

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS, TOTALLING 191 FT, 2 SHAFTS, TOTALLING 52 FT IN DEPTH, AND 12 OPEN CUTS. ALL WORKINGS INACCESSIBLE (1980)

Comments on development

  • 5 PATENTED CLAIMS, 1 PATENTED MILL SITE. 2-STAMP MILL OPERATED POST-1904.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOREST SERVICE FILES, D.W. PETERS, SALMON, ID

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NUMEROUS UNPROSPECTED COPPER-STAINED OUTCROPS ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Peters, Donald W. U.S. Forest Service
Updater 01-FEB-1985 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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