H - Y Prospect

Occurrence in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070804
MRDS ID W013901
Record type Site
Current site name H - Y Prospect
Alternate or previous names Climax
Related records 10290360

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.14095, 44.94658 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 17 MI E OF YELLOW PINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rainbow Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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 Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 019N 011E 32 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 2000 FT SW OF THE STANDARD ON DIVIDE BETWEEN CORNISH AND COONE CREEKS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe - Staining

Analytical data

Result RHYOLITE FLOW BRECCIA SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.04 OZ AU AND 0.59 OZ AG/TON. OTHER ASSAYS OF TRACE TO 0.01 OZ AU, UP TO 0.12 OZ AG/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Challis Volcanics-Rhyolite Flow Breccia
    Rock description Challis Volcanics-Rhyolite Flow Breccia
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Challis Volcanics-Mudflow Material
    Rock description Challis Volcanics-Mudflow Material

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.14095, 44.94658

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1901
Discoverer Jones Fuller, John Lawrence, John Ferrington

Mining district

District name Thunder Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. - Y Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 182.88M
    Overall depth 79.25M

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 ADITS, A SHAFT, MORE THAN 20 PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHENON, P. J., AND ROSS, C. P., 1936, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR EDWARDSBURG AND THUNDER MOUNTAIN, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44, 45 P.

  • Deposit

    CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1304, 431 P.

  • Deposit

    1936 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, BULL. 1304.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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