Pole Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070609
MRDS ID W013612
MAS/MILS ID 0160370264
Record type Site
Current site name Pole Prospect
Alternate or previous names Bismarck, Sunbeam

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.68062, 43.94849 (WGS84)
Elevation 2408
Relative position 5 1/2 MI. NNW OF GALENA, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horton 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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 007N 015E 10 NESW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • E. Side of Pole Creek Between Grand Prize Canyon and Grand Price Gulch.

Commodities

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result 3 SAMPLES CONTAINED TRACE GOLD, 0.5 OZ AG/TON, 0.04% CU, 0.23% PB AND 3.1% ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Dike-Diorite
    Rock description Dike-Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Wood River Formation-Quartzite, Limestone
    Rock description Wood River Formation-Quartzite, Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS
    Width 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Germania Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 13 Dozer Cuts and 2 Diamond Drill Holes

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 01-MAR-1995 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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