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Red Rock Prospect

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071089
MRDS ID W014303
MAS/MILS ID 0160370292
Record type Site
Current site name Red Rock Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.74033, 44.37679 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position 15 1/4 MI NE OF STANLEY; .5 MI NW OF BONANZA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Custer(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 012N 015E 07,08,17,18 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • At Edge of Small Meadow In Saddle Back of Lookout Hill Just N of Bonanza

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Oligo-Mio Challis Volcanics-Andesite, Latite
    Rock description Oligo-Mio Challis Volcanics-Andesite, Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.74033, 44.37679
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 DEG E
    Dip 70 DEG NW
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Zone Of Fissuring

Comments on the geologic information

  • Zone of Fissuring Along Which Red Rock Occurs Is Same Zone Charles Dickens and Morrison Occur Along

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 Yankee Fork District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1949, Silver - Gold Deposits Of The Yankee Fork District, Custer County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 83, 37 P

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-3, No. 424, P. 206.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 Veins, 30 Ft. Apart

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-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.

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