Enterprise Prospects

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Uranium, Silver
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070978
MRDS ID W014142
MAS/MILS ID 0160370348
Record type Site
Current site name Enterprise Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.89594, 44.31318 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 1 MI SW OF POTATO MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Basin Butte(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

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 011N 013E 11,02 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Uranium Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pitchblende Ore
Biotite Gangue
Microcline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result MAXIMUM RADIOACTIVITY IS 0.5 MILLIROENTGENS/HOUR
Result 5 TIMES BACKGROUND

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.89594, 44.31318

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Idaho Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone That Strikes N 30 - 50 Deg Sw, Dips Se; Brecciation, Gouge

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 40 DEG W
    Dip SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone That Strikes N 30 - 50 Deg Sw, Dips Se

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer A. W. Swank

Mining district

District name Stanley District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Phillips Petroleum Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Swank, A. W.; Heavey Metals Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 137.16M
    Overall depth 55.78M

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings Consist of 3 Bulldozer Cuts and An Adit

Comments on development

  • 16 Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Choate, Raoul, 1962, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Stanley Area, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology, Pamphlet 126, 120 P.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1975, Activity Of Idaho Mining Properties, 1974, USBM, Boise, Idaho, 61 P.

  • Deposit

    Kern, B. F., 1959, Geology Of The Uranium Deposits Near Stanley, Cuser County: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 117, 40 P.

  • Deposit

    1959 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 117

  • Deposit

    1962 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 126

  • Deposit

    1975 Compile USBM, Mining Activity List, 1974

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Yett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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