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Ballentyne Cr. Prospect

Occurrence in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071184
MRDS ID W014432
Record type Site
Current site name Ballentyne Cr. Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.23404, 44.01348 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 20.5 MI. SW OF STANLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Edaho Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deadwood River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North and Middle Forks Boise(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle 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)

Sawtooth Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008N 010E 23 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1000 FT N OF MOUTH OF BALLENTYNE CREEK, ON W SIDE N FK BOISE RIVER AND 300 - 400 FT ABOVE RIVER LEVEL LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe-Stains

Analytical data

Result A 12 INCH VEIN SAMPLE HAD TRACE AU, 9.9 OZ AG/TON, 0.1 % CU, 0.2 % PB
Result A SELECTED DUMP SAMPLE HAD 8.8 OZ AG/TON, 0.2 % CU, 0.5 % PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.23404, 44.01348
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 82 DEG E
    Dip 60 DEG NW
    Width 0.51M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tyee Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Kiilsgaard, T. H., And Others, 1970, Mineral Resources Of The Sawtooth Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1319-D, 174p.

  • Deposit

    1970 RECON KIILSGAARD, T. H., AND OTHERS, BULL. 1319-

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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