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Teapot Prospect

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070911
MRDS ID W014048
MAS/MILS ID 0160370232
Record type Site
Current site name Teapot Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.09845, 44.71708 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Relative position 1 MI NW OF LITTLE SOLDIER MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Soldier Mountain(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

Salmon-Challis National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 016N 011E 15,22 SENENE (22) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • At Head of Lake Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe Stain

Analytical data

Result ALTERED QUARTZ MONZONITE ASSAYED TRACE AU, 0.07 OZ AG/TON, AND TRACE CU

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.09845, 44.71708
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • Prospect Is In An Iron-Stained Altered Quartz Monzonite Zone Containing A Small Amount of Specular Hematite. A Sample Assayed A Trace Gold, 2.4 Grams Silver Per Tonne, and A Trace Copper.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Middle Fork District

Land status

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

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-JUL-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 01-MAR-1995 Weldin, Robert U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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