West Fork Exchange Prospect

Prospect in Elmore county in Idaho, United States with commodity Antimony
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070736
MRDS ID W013803
MAS/MILS ID 0160390047
Record type Site
Current site name West Fork Exchange Prospect
Alternate or previous names Anderson - Bida Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.36094, 43.85848 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 24 MI. ENE OF IDAHO CITY, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elmore(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Phifer Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Idaho City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North and Middle Forks Boise(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Boise 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 Elmore

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006N 009E 14 SW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Less than 1 mi. SW of Hermada Mine
  • Original coordinates for line#1 were: lat/long NAD27 43-51-16N 115-21-19W (43.85444 -115.35528); UTM N4856800 E632200 Z11N; PLSS line# 1: Meridian- Boise, TWNSHP 006N, RNG 009E, Sect 14, Sect_fract <blank>.



    Original coordinates for line#1 (10070737) were: lat/long NAD27 43-51-26N 115-21-23W (43.85722 -115.35639); UTM N4857100 E632100 Z11N; PLSS line# 1: Meridian- Boise, TWNSHP 006N, RNG 009E, Sect 14, Sect_fract .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granite;Intrusive Dikes
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granite;Intrusive Dikes
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.36094, 43.85848

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGER, VEINLET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Swanholm District
District name Black Warrior Basin

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner West Fork Mining Co.
    Year 1953

Comments on the workings information

  • Few Shallow Surface Workings

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Popoff, C. C., 1953, Hermada Antimony Deposit, Elmore County, Idaho: USBM Rept. Inv. 4950, 21 P

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Report Of Investigation 4950, 1953, Figs. 2 And 10; P. 13-14.

  • Deposit

    Hustedde, IBMG Mines & Prospects Of Hailey Quad, 1981

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Reporter 13-MAR-1995 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.