Farragut Prospect

Occurrence in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Controls for ore emplacement
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Land status
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10070699
MRDS ID	W013744
Record type	Site
Current site name	Farragut Prospect
Related records	10265552

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-114.61872, 43.89489 (WGS84)
Elevation	2865
Relative position	2.25 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

Galena 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)

Hemingway-Boulders Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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
Silver	Tertiary
Lead	Tertiary
Gold	Tertiary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Galena	Ore
Pyrite	Gangue
Quartz	Gangue

Analytical data

Result	0.2 - 9.3 OZ. AG/TON
Result	0 - 6.7% PB
Result	TR. - 0.03 OZ. AU/TON.

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)	-114.61872, 43.89489	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

General form STRINGERS

Strike N 27 DEG W

Dip 36 DEG NE

Thickness 0.91M

General form	STRINGERS
Strike	N 27 DEG W
Dip	36 DEG NE
Thickness	0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

Shear Zone

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

2 ADITS, 1 SHAFT

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W013744
Idaho Geological Survey	Idaho Mines and Prospects	IMP	HA_192	http://www.idahogeology.org/

Bibliographic references

Deposit

TSCHANZ, C. M., AND OTHERS, 1974, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE SAWTOOTH NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, CUSTER AND BLAINE COUNTIES, IDAHO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT., 648 P
Deposit

1974 RECON C. M. TSCHANZ AND OTHERS, OPEN-FILE REPT

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	2ND SHEAR ZONE STRIKES N 5 DEG W AND DIPS 40 DEG SW

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.