Accident Prospect

Occurrence in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069847
MRDS ID W007572
Record type Site
Current site name Accident Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.77626, 43.89018 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 5 1/2 MI NE OF IDAHO CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pioneerville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Idaho City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boise-Mores(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Boise 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 Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006N 006E 05 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • BETWEEN THE ILLINOIS AND GAMBRINUS LODES.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AU COULD BE PANNED FROM THE ORE SHOOTS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe Stains

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Lamprophyre;Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Lamprophyre;Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.77626, 43.89018

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 85 DEG W
    Dip SW
    Width 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1932

Mining district

District name Idaho City

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERALS CUTS AND A SHORT TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, ALFRED L. 1947, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BOISE BASIN, IDAHO, U. S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 944 - C, P. 233

  • Deposit

    1947 GEOLMAP ANDERSON, A. L., BULL. 944 -

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Steigner, William D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1976 Siefken, Robert R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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