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Daniel Prospect

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070810
MRDS ID W013908
Record type Site
Current site name Daniel Prospect
Related records 10216849

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.55344, 44.97738 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 1 MI W OF OLD TOWN OF YELLOWJACKET

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yellowjacket(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 019N 016E 14 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECT LIES S. AND SOMEWHAT ABOVE THE COLUMBIA PATENTED CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe Stain

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Yellowjacket Formation
    Rock description Yellowjacket Form.-Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.55344, 44.97738
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BUNCHES
    Length 30.48M
    Width 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1951
Discoverer Steen Family

Mining district

District name Yellowjacket District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Steen Family

Comments on development

  • DANIEL FORMERLY IN COLUMBIA GROUP, SEE NO. 28. UNPATENTED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, ALFRED L., 1953, GOLD - COPPER - LEAD DISTRICTS OF THE YELLOWJACKET DISTRICT, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 94, 41 P

  • Deposit

    1953 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 9

Reporter information

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

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