Chickadee Quartz Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070918
MRDS ID W014057
MAS/MILS ID 0160370003
Record type Site
Current site name Chickadee Quartz Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.99484, 44.70018 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 5 MI E 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

Sliderock Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Challis(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 012E 21,22,27,28 SENENE (28) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • NE FROM THE PEAK OF SCARFACE MOUNTAIN LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.21 OZ AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Rock unit name Mafic Dike
    Rock description Mafic Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Metasedimentary Rocks

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.99484, 44.70018

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIKE TRENDS SE THROUGH METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS
  • QUARTZ-FILLED SHEAR ZONES OCCUR IN A MAFIC DIKE AND CONTAINS APPROX. 5 PERCENT PYRITE, GALENA, AND IRON-OXIDES. AN ASSAYED SAMPLE SHOWED 7.2 GRAMS GOLD PER METRIC TONNE.

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

Beyond USGS

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