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Garrecht Prospects

Occurrence in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities 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. 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 10069851
MRDS ID W007578
Record type Site
Current site name Garrecht Prospects
Related records 10192942

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.84766, 43.78768 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 3 MI S OF IDAHO CITY, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Idaho City(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 005N 005E 10 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AMOUNT OF GALENA IS SMALL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe Stains

Analytical data

Result 0.1 OZ AU TO 0.45 OZ AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.84766, 43.78768
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Boise Basin

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • AN EXPLORATORY DRIFT WAS BEING CUT IN 1924; RESULTS ARE UNKNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BALLARD, SAMUEL M., 1924, GEOLOGY AND GOLD RESOURCES OF BOISE BASIN, BOISE CO., IDAHO, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 9, P. 99

  • Deposit

    1924 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUR MINES, BULL.

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

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