Stanley Ace Prospects

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Graphite, Silver, Copper, Beryllium, 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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071120
MRDS ID W014344
MAS/MILS ID 0160370345
Record type Site
Current site name Stanley Ace Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.06534, 44.25518 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225
Relative position 7 MI WNW STANLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elk Meadow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deadwood River(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

Sawtooth 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 011N 012E 28 C Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Pegmatite Exposures On S Slope Elk Mountain, About 0.25 Mi N From Stanley Lake.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Graphite Gangue
Idocrase Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1 SAMPLE: 2.59% GRF
Result 2 OF 10 SAMPLES: 0.1 AND 3.7 OZ AG/TON
Result NO AU
Result PEGMATITES CONTAIN UP TO 0.015% BE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite, Granodiorite;Pegmatites
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite, Granodiorite;Pegmatites
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Gneiss;Wood River Formation-Quartzite;Tactite
    Rock description Gneiss;Wood River Formation-Quartzite;Tactite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Windermere Supergroup.

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 33 DEG E
    Dip 22 DEG N
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 14.63M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Stanley District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Joel C. Olsen

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 Cuts, 3 Trenches, 7 Pits

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Pegmatite Containing Idocrase (Beryllium - Bearing) Described Above; Smaller Pegmatite Parallel To and 8 Ft. Above Main Pegmatite - No Idocrase.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 06-NOV-1992 Peters U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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