Money Quartz Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070772
MRDS ID W013855
MAS/MILS ID 0160390629
Record type Site
Current site name Money Quartz Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.18374, 43.92048 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 9 MI. NNW OF ATLANTA, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elmore(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nahneke Mountain(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

Sawtooth National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Sawtooth Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 007N 011E 28 SE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Near Junction Of Neinmeyer Cr. And Little Queens R. On E Bank Of River Land Status Value Calculated 7-94 Using Gis Overlay Analysis With Usfs Land Ownership Boundaries, 1:126,720 Scale.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Three Samples Were Taken Across The Vein. The Best Sample Contained 0.10 Gram Gold Per Metric Ton; 1.0 Gram Per Metric Ton; 0.12 Percent Lead. Samples Contained More Mercury Than Normal For Veins In Area, Although They Were Far Below Ore Grade.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.003 OZ. AU/TON
Result 0.03 OZ. AG/TON
Result 0.12% PB IN BEST OF 3 SAMPLES.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.18374, 43.92048

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR FISSURE VEIN
    Strike N 45 DEG E
    Dip 65 DEG NW
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 121.92M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Black Warrior District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest
Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Earl Money

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 6.1M

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Samples And Appearance Of Quartz Suggest That Further Exploration Of Vein Unprofitable ( 1970 )

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, Bulletin 1319-

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al, Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Hailey Quad

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 10-JAN-1997 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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