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Boulder Chain Lakes Prospects

Occurrence in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Molybdenum, 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070961
MRDS ID W014121
Record type Site
Current site name Boulder Chain Lakes Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.5661, 44.0756 (WGS84)
Elevation 2774
Relative position 14 MI. SW OF CLAYTON, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boulder Chain Lakes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Cecil D. Andrus-White Clouds 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 009N 016E 27,34 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH NFS PAPER COPIES: (SCALE 1:126,720)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Contact Metamorphosed; Iron - Oxide Stains

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES FROM LAKE NO. 2 CONTAINED 0.02% MOS2, TRACE AU & AG. SAMPLES FROM LAKE NO. 1 CONTAINED LESS THAN 0.01% MOS2, TRACE AU AND AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Milligen Formation-Quartzite, Argillite;Tactite
    Rock description Milligen Formation-Quartzite, Argillite;Tactite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.5661, 44.0756
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, SEAMS, FLAKES
    Strike N
    Dip E
    Thickness 0.61M
    Length 63.4M
    Depth to bottom 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1964
Discoverer Eddie Baker

Mining district

District name Boulder Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Taylor And Assoc.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: MO - BEARING LENSES ARE SMALL, SPARSE, CONTAIN LOW VALUES, AND NOT MINABLE UNDER PRESENT (1974) ECONOMIC CONDITIONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISSEMINATED FLAKES OF MO AS MUCH AS 1/16 INCH IN DIAMETER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1975-09-01 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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