Alice Prospect

Occurrence in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10070688
MRDS ID W013726
Record type Site
Current site name Alice Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.63872, 43.99459 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Relative position 8 MI. N. 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 008N 015E 25 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.2 OZ AU/TON
Result 14.6 OZ. AG/TON
Result 6% PB
Result 0.25% CU
Result 3% SB.

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

Economic information

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 Germania Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE 380 FT. ADIT, ONE CAVED ADIT, 2 CUTS.

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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