Lucky Strike Prospect

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Antimony, Lead, Gold
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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071010
MRDS ID W014187
MAS/MILS ID 0160370141
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Strike Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.60592, 44.18629 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 8.5 MI SE OF SUNBEAM, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Livingston 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

Sawtooth 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 010N 016E 20 SENW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Located .5 Mi S of Intersection of Slate Creek and Livingston Creek.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Jamesonite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Oxidation, Solution

Analytical data

Result 2 GRAB SAMPLES FROM STOCKPILE: \nTR - 0.01 OZ AU/TON\n0.6 AND 2.6 OZ AG/TON, \n0.5 AND 1.1% PB, \n0.5% SB
Result 5 CHIP SAMPLES: \nTR - 0.05 OZ AU/TON\nTR - 0.9 OZ AG/TON\n0.38 - 1.0% PB\n0.2 - 0.4% SB

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) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Milligen Formation-Carbonaceous Argillite
    Rock description Milligen Formation-Carbonaceous Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.60592, 44.18629

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Idaho Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike NE
    Dip STEEP NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting Striking Ne, Dipping Steeply To The Nw

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Boulder Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 22.86M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • Mine Attempted To Intersect Mineralized Quartz Dike Up Slope, But Was Not Successful.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Kern, Richard R., 1972, Geology And Economic Deposits Of The Slate Creek Area, Custer County, Idaho: Pocatello, Idaho, Idaho State Univ. Ms Thesis, P. 1 - 84.

  • Deposit

    Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, Mineral Resources Of The Eastern Part Of The Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Custer And Blaine Counties, Idaho: USGS Open-File Report, 648 P.

  • Deposit

    IBMG Mines & Prospects Of Challis Quad, 1982, Mitchell.

  • Deposit

    Vannoy And Others, 1986, USGS Bulletin 1545e, Plate 3, No. 68

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Yett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 29-JUN-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.