| Deposit ID | 10071099 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W014317 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0160370306 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Gray Eagle Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Bachelor Mountain Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.64533, 44.37239 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2743 |
| Relative position | 18.5 MI NE OF STANLEY; 4 1/4 MI E OF BONANZA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Custer(county)
Idaho(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Sunbeam(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Idaho | Custer |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boise | 012N | 015E | 13 | NW | Idaho |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Electrum | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Challis Volcanics-Andesite | ||||||
| Rock description | Challis Volcanics-Andesite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite |
| (1) | -114.64533, 44.37239 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Minor Faults |
| Strike | N 60 DEG W |
|---|---|
| Dip | N |
| Width | 2.44M |
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Yankee Fork District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Challis National Forest |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W014317 | |
| Idaho Geological Survey | Idaho Mines and Prospects | IMP | CH_438 | http://www.idahogeology.org/ |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0160370306 | data consolidated into this record |
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
U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-3, No. 417, P. 204.
Anderson, A. L., 1949, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 83, 37 P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Many Veins - Most Strike N 50 - 70 Deg W and Dip Steeply North. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1976 | Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 04-NOV-1992 | McHugh, Edward L. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.