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Fox Tail Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070708
MRDS ID W013758
Record type Site
Current site name Fox Tail Prospect
Related records 10143927

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.54012, 43.83489 (WGS84)
Elevation 2804
Relative position 6.5 MI. SE 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)

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 006N 016E 23 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.2 OZ. AG/TON
Result 0.04% PB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Slate
    Rock description Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.54012, 43.83489
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS
    Strike N 40 DEG E
    Dip 90 DEG

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • SLATE IS ROCK FROM THE WHITE CLOUD AND BOULDER MTNS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Fork Wood River District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 CAVED ADITS

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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