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Orient Prospect

Occurrence in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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  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 10070694
MRDS ID W013738
Record type Site
Current site name Orient Prospect
Related records 10192448

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.62902, 43.88519 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Relative position 1.5 MI. NE 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)

Big Wood(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 016E 31 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Manganese - Oxide Stains

Analytical data

Result 0.5 AND 1.4 OZ. AG/TON
Result TRACE GOLD
Result 0.03% PB.

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) -114.62902, 43.88519
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS
    Strike N
    Dip 76 DEG W
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 91.44M

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 the workings information

  • ONE ADIT AND ONE PIT

Reference information

Reporter information

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

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