Gold Flint Prospect

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  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 10070535
MRDS ID W013508
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Flint Prospect
Related records 10266567

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.10763, 45.24519 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225
Relative position 1.5 MI NNE OF LEESBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leesburg(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 022N 020E 16 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LEESBURG BASIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gouge

Analytical data

Result AVG. SAMPLE $15.70 AU/TON (1904)
Result OTHER SAMPLES ABOUT $5 AU/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granite, Syenite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granite, Syenite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.10763, 45.24519

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 18 DEG E
    Dip 45 DEG NW
    Width 1.37M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures, Fractures, Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD FLINT ON FAULT PLANE AS GOLD DUST; EROSION OF VEIN WAS SOURCE OF LEESBURG BASIN PLACER GOLD DOWNSTREAM. FAULT STRIKES N 18 DEG E, DIPS 45 DEG NW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gold Flint Co.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BIG TONNAGE OF PAY ORE BLOCKED OUT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, TUNNELS, SHAFTS, CROSS - CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BELL, R. N., 1904, REPORT OF THE MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1903.

  • Deposit

    BELL, R. N., 1905, REPORT OF THE MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1904.

  • Deposit

    BELL, R. N., 1906, SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1905.

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J. B., 1913, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 528, 182 P.

  • Deposit

    1904 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1903

  • Deposit

    1905 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1904

  • Deposit

    1906 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1905

  • Deposit

    1913 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY, J. B., BULL. 528

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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