Patty B Property

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Cobalt, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070523
MRDS ID W013491
MAS/MILS ID 0160590095
Record type Site
Current site name Patty B Property
Alternate or previous names Beliel Property

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.31018, 45.09201 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 20 MI. W. OF SALMON, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blackbird Creek(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 020N 018E 02 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • N. Side W. Fk. Blackbird Creek, 1 Mi. Up From Its Mouth

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cobaltite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Magnetite Gangue

Analytical data

Result .8 % Ni in pyrrhotite

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
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Schist, Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.31018, 45.09201

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Haynes - Stellite Structural Block

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Width 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Bedding Trends N 80 Deg E, Dips 30 Deg N
  • Original Structures entry:
    Local - Haynes - Stellite Structural Block

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blackbird District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

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 Underground
    Length 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 Tunnel

Comments on development

  • 8 Unpatented Claims, Some Of Which Are A Relocation Of Beliel Claims; Patty B Property 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
Reporter 13-MAR-1995 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.