Hood Prospect

Prospect 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071084
MRDS ID W014296
MAS/MILS ID 0160370284
Record type Site
Current site name Hood Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.31372, 44.40299 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Relative position 7.5 MI SW OF CHALLIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bayhorse(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 012N 018E 03 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Bayhorse Canyon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Bayhorse Dolomite
    Rock description Bayhorse Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.31372, 44.40299

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bayhorse District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Clayton Mining And Smelting Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Umpleby, J. B., 1913, Some Ore Deposits In Northwestern Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 539, 104 P.

  • Deposit

    Bell, R. N., 1935, The Gold Resources Of Idaho: The Mining And Contracting Review, V. 33, No. 37, P. 6 - 7.

  • Deposit

    1913 Geolmap Umpleby, J. B., Bulletin 53

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 03-DEC-1990 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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