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Tempiute Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070836
MRDS ID W013939
Record type Site
Current site name Tempiute Prospect
Related records 10242071

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.15375, 44.95518 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 10.5 MI NE OF STIBNITE

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)

Lower 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 30 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS SHOW TRACE AU, .07 TO .10 OZ AG/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Challis Volcanics-Tuffaceous Sedimentary Rocks;Challis Volcanics-Carbonaceous Mudflow Breccia
    Rock description Challis Volcanics-Tuffaceous Sedimentary Rocks;Challis Volcanics-Carbonaceous Mudflow Breccia
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.15375, 44.95518
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 ADITS, 1 PIT, 1 TRENCH

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: EXTENSIVE OVERBURDEN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

    1973 RECON CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, BULL. 130

Reporter information

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

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