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Yellow Bird Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071103
MRDS ID W014323
MAS/MILS ID 0160370312
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Bird Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.67033, 44.37099 (WGS84)
Elevation 2484
Relative position 17 MI NE OF STANLEY 2.5 MI E OF BONANZA

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 012N 015E 14 NW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • SE OF LUCKY BOY ON RIDGE BETWEEN ADAIR AND FOURTH OF JULY CREEKS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Challis Volcanics-Andesite
    Rock description Challis Volcanics-Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.67033, 44.37099
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 DEG E
    Dip 65 DEG NW
    Thickness 4.57M
    Width 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
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, 37P

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-91, 1991, TABLE A-3, NO. 451, P. 212.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEINS 500 FT APART, 1 ON ADAIR CREEK SIDE OF RIDGE, 1 ON FOURTH OF JULY CREEK SIDE. SAME STRIKE AND NEARLY SAME DIP FOR EACH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 05-NOV-1992 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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