Trade Dollar Prospect

Occurrence in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodity Lead
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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071057
MRDS ID W014257
Record type Site
Current site name Trade Dollar Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.10785, 44.51928 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225
Relative position 23.5 MI NNW OF STANLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greyhound Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Middle Fork 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 014N 011E 27 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • S SIDE SEAFOAM CREEK, OPPOSITE POST'S PROPERTY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

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) -115.10785, 44.51928

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.76M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Seafoam District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 TUNNEL

Comments on development

  • 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J. B., AND LIVINGSTON, D. C., 1920, A RECONNAISSANCE IN SOUTH CENTRAL IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 3, 23 P

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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