Hide Out Prospect

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, 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. 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. Mineral rights holdings
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070995
MRDS ID W014162
MAS/MILS ID 0160370386
Record type Site
Current site name Hide Out Prospect
Alternate or previous names Lynch Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.85983, 44.26738 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 4 MI NE OF LOWER STANLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East Basin Creek(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 014E 19 SWNESE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Uranium Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinization, Silicified

Analytical data

Result ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY READINGS OF 0.11 TO 0.45 MILLIROENTGENS/HOUR
Result 1 CHIP SAMPLE ACROSS QUARTZ - F ZONE: 39.7 % CAF2

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.85983, 44.26738

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Idaho Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 5 DEG E
    Dip 90 DEG
    Thickness 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting
  • Fracturing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Stanley District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest
Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Humble Oil Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Texas
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • The Workings Consist of 3 Adits and Several Bulldozer Cuts.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Vein Attitudes Range N 5 Deg E, 90 Deg To N 12 Deg W, 66 Deg SW
Deposit 12-76 Qtz & Fluorite Occur Along A Silicified Shear Zone Abo Meter Thick. Several Caved Adits--One Reported To Be 36 M L 12-76 Sample By Tschanz Across Zone Contained 39.7% Fluorite 12-76 the Outlook For Fluorite Resources Is Not Favorable.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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