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Flintstone Group

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071187
MRDS ID W014437
MAS/MILS ID 0160370191
Record type Site
Current site name Flintstone Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.58342, 44.25069 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 25 MI SW OF CHALLIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thompson Creek(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

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 016E 28 S2 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary
Gold Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 6 CHIP SAMPLES: \n0.02 OZ AU/TON\n0.2 OZ AG/TON\n0.01% PB\n0.1% ZN\n0.03% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Basalt Dike
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Basalt Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Wood River Formation-Quartzite
    Rock description Wood River Formation-Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.58342, 44.25069
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

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 Bayhorse District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 Adit, 2 Pits, Several Cuts

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 29-JUN-1992 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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