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Combination Prospect

Occurrence in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070704
MRDS ID W013752
Record type Site
Current site name Combination Prospect
Related records 10119829

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.60812, 43.86489 (WGS84)
Elevation 2804
Relative position 2.5 MI ESE 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

Easley Hot Springs(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)

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 006N 016E 08 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 2 CHIP SAMPLES
Result 0.2 AND 0.9 OZ. AG/TON
Result 0.2 AND 0.4% PB
Result 2 AND 8% ZN
Result 3 SELECT SAMPLES
Result AS MUCH AS 9.4 OZ. AG/TON
Result 9.8% PB
Result 4.0% 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) -114.60812, 43.86489
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND STRINGERS
    Strike N 47 DEG E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 0.46M
    Length 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 9.45M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS, 1 PIT

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SECOND SHEAR ZONE STRIKES N 73 DEG. W AND DIPS 13 DEG. SW. THIRD SHEAR ZONE STRIKES N 84 DEG. W AND DIPS 25 DEG. S.

Reporter information

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

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