Ella Prospect

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Nickel
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. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070522
MRDS ID W013489
MAS/MILS ID 0160590073
Record type Site
Current site name Ella Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.35542, 45.12668 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position Called Ella target by Formation Metals (Formation Capital)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gant Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(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

Salmon-Challis 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N 018E 28,29 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1200 FT. W. OF THE CHICAGO, 2,000 FT. N.W. OF CALERA MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Gossan , Silicification

Analytical data

Result .8 % NI

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock unit name Gabbro
    Rock description Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Schist, Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.35542, 45.12668

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Lookout Structural Block

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Width 2.74M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blackbird District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hanna Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 12.8M
    Overall depth 12.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A CAVED SHAFT AND A LARGE BULLDOZER TRENCH

Comments on development

  • ELLA PROSPECT NOW INCLUDED IN BLACKBIRD MINE, SEE NO. 363

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Ortman, Dale; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 21-JUL-2009 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Consolidated data from Deposit ID: 10168798 and deleted that record.

Beyond USGS

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