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Million 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070709
MRDS ID W013759
Record type Site
Current site name Million Prospect
Related records 10119888

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.53622, 43.83099 (WGS84)
Elevation 2987
Relative position 7 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)

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 006N 016E 23 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized

Analytical data

Result 0.7 OZ. AG/TON
Result 0.7% PB
Result 0.01% ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Boulder Mtns. Stock-Granite
    Rock description Boulder Mtns. Stock-Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Milligen Formation: Limestone, Qtzite, Argillite
    Rock description Milligen Formation: Lst, Qtzite, Argillite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.53622, 43.83099
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.13M

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 North Fork Of Wood River District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • A 70 AND A 230-FT. ADIT, 4 PROSPECT PITS.

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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