Dowling Quartz Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070941
MRDS ID W014091
MAS/MILS ID 0160370660
Record type Site
Current site name Dowling Quartz Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.13175, 44.59268 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 26 NI NNW OF STANLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Soldier Creek(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 015N 011E 33 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 0.7 Mi SW From Greyhound Mountain Lookout and 200 Ft SE of Greyhound Ridge Trail.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 7.67 OZ AG/TON FROM CHIP SAMPLE
Result 59.8 OZ AG/TON ESTIMATED FROM DUMP SAMPLE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granitic Rock
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granitic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.13175, 44.59268

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Trending N 35 Deg E Offsets Shear Zone 10 Ft.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 55 DEG W
    Dip 90 DEG
    Thickness 1.07M
    Length 91.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Seafoam District

Land status

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

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 Adits, 3 Pits.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Cater, F. W., And Others, 1973, Mineral Resources Of The Idaho Primitive Area And Vicinity, Idaho: U. S. Geol. 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
Reporter 30-OCT-1992 Weldin, Robert U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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