Sunbeam and Pride of the West Prospect

Prospect in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070603
MRDS ID W013604
Record type Site
Current site name Sunbeam and Pride of the West Prospect
Related records 10216605

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.88403, 43.85209 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 11 1/2 MI. WSW OF GALENA, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marshall Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006N 013E 13 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • IMMEDIATELY WEST OF SILVER KING MINE LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS OF 3 50 LB. SAMPLES AVG. 40 OZ AG/TO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.88403, 43.85209

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sawtooth District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Merger Mines, Inc.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1975, ACTIVITY OF IDAHO MINING PROPERTIES, 1974, USBM, BOISE, IDAHO, 61 P.

  • Deposit

    BALLARD, S. M., 1922, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF ALTURAS QUADRANGLE, BLAINE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 5, 33 P.

  • Deposit

    1922 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 5

  • Deposit

    1975 COMPILE USBM, MINING ACTIVITY LIST, 1974

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1976 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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