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Rattlesnake Prospect

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10013566
MRDS ID D009932
MAS/MILS ID 0160590544
Record type Site
Current site name Rattlesnake Prospect
Alternate or previous names O'Neil Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.92842, 45.39239 (WGS84)
Elevation 1597
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 3.3 MI S 73 E OF NORTH FORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Fork(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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
Boise 024N 021E 23,24 SE (23), SW OF SW (24) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On Ridgetop 1.8 Mi N 84 E Of Wagonhammer Spring. ; Info From Land.St :(1978)
  • Claim Is On The Southeast Slope Of Allan Mtn.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Yellowjacket Formation
    Rock description Yellowjacket
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.92842, 45.39239
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original tectonic setting entry:
    Medicine Lodge Thrust System-Autocthon
  • Original ore control entry:
    Ne-Trending Shears

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Fork Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner E. F. Devore
    Interest 100
    Home office North Fork, Idaho
    Year 1953

Comments on the production information

  • Intermittant Ore Shipments In Late 1970'S And Early 80'S

Comments on the workings information

  • Surface Trenches

Comments on development

  • Shallow Drilling In 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Forest Service Files, D. W. Peters, Salmon, Id

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Mineralization Is Associated With Quartz Latite Porphyry Emplaced In Ne-Trending Shear Zones

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
Reporter 15-OCT-1990 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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