Bell Cross Prospects

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Mercury, Uranium
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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070980
MRDS ID W014145
MAS/MILS ID 0160370352
Record type Site
Current site name Bell Cross Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.91816, 44.2971 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 2 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 10,03 C Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Uraninite Ore
Chalcedony Gangue

Analytical data

Result CHIP SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.60% U3O8

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.91816, 44.2971

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Idaho Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fracture Sets

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Four Sets Of Fractures, A Vertical Set Strikes N 45 Deg W

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 Stanley District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Bell Cross Corp.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.018HA
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE PIT IS NOW 45 FT DEEP, NO INCREASE IN MINERALIZATION HAS BEEN FOUND WITH DEPTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Yett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 04-NOV-1992 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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