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Idaho Prospect

Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. 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 10070955
MRDS ID W014114
MAS/MILS ID 0160370106
Record type Site
Current site name Idaho Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.05655, 44.61878 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 3.5 MI NE OF GREYHOUND MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greyhound 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 015N 011E 24 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Along Rapid River At Junction With Aspen Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • No Economic Minerals Were Visible In the Pits; Random Samples of the Gossan Contained Only Traces of Gold, Silver, and Lead.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gossan

Analytical data

Result GOSSAN SAMPLES CONTAINED TRACES AU, AG, PB.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.05655, 44.61878
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 DEG W
    Dip 90 DEG

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910

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 development

  • 2 Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-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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