Stoneboat Group Prospect

Occurrence in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, 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. 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070617
MRDS ID W013624
Record type Site
Current site name Stoneboat Group Prospect
Related records 10192653

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.64402, 43.90989 (WGS84)
Elevation 2865
Relative position 2.75 MI. N. 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

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 Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 007N 015E 25 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES FROM STOPE AVERAGED 2.2 OZ AG/TON AND 1.6% PB. SAMPLES FROM SHEAR ZONE AVERAGED 0.8 OZ AG/TON, 0.7% PB AND TRACE AU AND ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Wood River Formation-Quartzite
    Rock description Wood River Formation-Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.64402, 43.90989

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 DEG W
    Dip 70 DEG SW
    Length 274.32M
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Galena District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Comments on development

  • 4 CLAIMS

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-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.