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Boulder Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Cassia county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070362
MRDS ID W013254
Record type Site
Current site name Boulder Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.7025, 42.3011 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 10 MI. N.E. OF OAKLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cassia(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Harrison(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Goose(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth 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 Cassia

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 013S 024E 7 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON LOWER BOULDER CR., NOT FAR ABOVE ITS JUNCTION WITH LAND CR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Harrison Series, Quartzite;Wells Formation, Limestone
    Rock description Harrison Series, Quartzite;Wells Formation, Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.7025, 42.3011
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Stokes District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 51.82M
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS, CUTS, TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1931, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EASTERN CASSIA COUNTY, ID.: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 14, 169 P

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1975-03-01 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

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