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Section 8 Prospect

Occurrence in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070765
MRDS ID W013846
Record type Site
Current site name Section 8 Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.96533, 43.87069 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position 9.25 MI. NE OF ATLANTA, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marshall 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006N 013E 08 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON N SIDE OF ALTURAS LAKE CR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Arsenic Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.9 PPM AU
Result 100 PPM AG
Result 20,000 PPM PB
Result 1,000 PPM ZN
Result 50 PPM CD
Result 2,000 PPM AS IN ONE DUMP SAMPLE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.96533, 43.87069
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS, BLEBS
    Strike N 70 DEG E
    Dip 60 DEG NW
    Thickness 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sawtooth District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 6.1M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Kiilsgaard, T. H., And Others, 1970, Mineral Resources Of The Sawtooth Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1319-D, 174p.

  • Deposit

    1970 OTHER T. H. KIILSGAARD AND OTHERS, BULL. 1319-

Reporter information

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

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