Goodrich Creek Canyon Prospect

Occurrence in Washington county in Idaho, United States with commodity Copper
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070205
MRDS ID W012952
Record type Site
Current site name Goodrich Creek Canyon Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.61069, 44.71347 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position 9 MI W OF COUNCIL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Adams(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goodrich(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McCall(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)

Federal lands

Payette 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 Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 016N 002W 20 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Propylitic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Porphyritic Granodiorite;Gabbro
    Rock description Porphyritic Granodiorite;Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.61069, 44.71347

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intensely Altered Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cuddy Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS: ONE IS CAVED AND THE OTHER EXTENDS 100 FT INTO THE HILLSIDE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KING, J. R., 1970, THE GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHEASTERN CUDDY MTN. DISTRICT, IDAHO: CORVALLIS, OREGON STATE UNIV., MS THESIS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER CARBONATES ARE ALSO PRESENT SOUTH OF RUSH PEAK (NE 1/4 SEC 30, T. 16N R 3W).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1975 Moody, Ula L.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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