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Antimony Prospect

Occurrence in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodity Antimony
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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 10069859
MRDS ID W007589
Record type Site
Current site name Antimony Prospect
Related records 10193010

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.77785, 43.83548 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 3 MI. ENE 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 006N 006E 29 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON LOWER HOODOO CR. 1/4 MI. FROM MOORE CR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COARSELY CRYSTALLIZED STIBNITE IN THE FORM OF FLATTENED BLADES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.77785, 43.83548
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 65 DEG W
    Dip 60 DEG SW
    Thickness 0.23M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Idaho City

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE CLEAN - BLASTED OUTCROP AND SEVERAL SMALL CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, ALFRED L., 1947, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BOISE BASIN, IDAHO, U. S. GEOL. SUR. BULL. 944 - C P. 254

  • 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

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