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Dennett Creek Prospect

Prospect in Washington county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070084
MRDS ID W012764
MAS/MILS ID 0160870025
Record type Site
Current site name Dennett Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.04431, 44.56816 (WGS84)
Elevation 1600
Relative position 20 MILES DOWNSTREAM OF HUNTINGTON, ORE; 22 1/2 MI. NORTH OF WEISER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monroe Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 014N 006W 10 NWSWNE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • IT ADJOINS THE TATE GROUP ON THE EAST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Quartz Diorite;Seven Devils Volcanics-Schistose Volcanic Rocks;Diabasic Dikes
    Rock description Quartz Diorite;Seven Devils Volcanics-Schistose Volcanic Rocks;Diabasic Dikes
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.04431, 44.56816
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mineral District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • A NUMBER OF CUTS AND SHORT ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1952, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL DISTRICT, WASHINGTON COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 95, 26 P

  • Deposit

    1952 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 95, 26 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS ARE CLOSELY SPACED, CONSIDERABLY FAULTED, AND IN PLACES ARE CUT BY DIABASE DIKES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1976 Benjamin, David A.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-MAR-1995 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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