Iron Dike Prospect

Prospect in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver, Uranium
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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070424
MRDS ID W013355
MAS/MILS ID 0160590169
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Dike Prospect
Alternate or previous names Dike Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.76, 45.265 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 9.1 MI N48E OF SALMON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Badger Spring Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 022N 023E 05,08 SW OF NE OF S2 (05); N2 (08) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Along Freeman Cr Rd, .65 mi SE of mouth of Golway Gl

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Oxidation, Chloritization

Analytical data

Result LOW GRADE. UP TO 2% PB, SMALL AU, AG VALUES IN SULFIDE ASSAYS. HIGH RADIOACTIVITY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Lemhi
    Rock description Lemhi

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.76, 45.265

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Range Front Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, LENSE, POD
    Strike N TO N 20 E
    Dip 30 TO 60 W
    Length 304.8M
    Width 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures And Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Carmen Creek District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • General zone of alteration hundreds of ft. wide; Silicified zones measure tens of ft. wide. 5 adits.

Comments on development

  • Property relocated 1948. Remains of old mill on site

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1956, Geology And Mineral Resources Of The Salmon Quadrangle, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 106, 102 P.

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1959, Geology And Mineral Resources Of The North Fork Quadrangle, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 118, 92 P.

  • Deposit

    Mackenzie, W. O., 1949, Geology And Ore Deposits Of A Section Of The Beaverhead Range, East Of Salmon, Lemhi County, Idaho: Moscow, Univ. Of Idaho, Ms Thesis, 52 P.

  • Deposit

    USGS Bull 528.

  • Deposit

    1913 Geolmap J. B. Umpleby, Bulletin 528

  • Deposit

    1956 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 106

  • Deposit

    1959 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 118

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1985 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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