Barnet Zufeldt Prospect

Occurrence in Washington county in Idaho, United States with commodity Mercury
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040443
MRDS ID M055228
Record type Site
Current site name Barnet Zufeldt Prospect
Alternate or previous names Mineral Basin

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.68432, 44.26098 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nutmeg Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Weiser(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Weiser(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Washington

Comments on the location information

  • 1.5 MI NE OF IDAHO-ALMADEN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Volcanic Ash

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.68432, 44.26098

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Joints

Comments on the geologic information

  • IN JOINTS IN VOLCANIC ASH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Weiser

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERCURY IN IDAHO, 1965, USBM IC 8252

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-74 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey SOURCES & UPGRADES EDITS
Editor 01-MAY-74 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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