Gold Leaf Prospect

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071206
MRDS ID W014467
MAS/MILS ID 0160370155
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Leaf Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.64012, 44.05409 (WGS84)
Elevation 2987
Relative position 10.5 MI ENE OF OBSIDIAN; 19 MI SE OF STANLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Washington Peak(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 008N 015E 01 NWNW Idaho

Commodities

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

Analytical data

Result 3 DUMP GRABS AND 1 CHIP SAMPLE OF COUNTRY ROCK= 0.1 OZ AG/TON, TRACE CU, TRACE PB
Result 1 SELECT GRAB SAMPLE FROM SMALL STOCKPILES. 0.01 OZ AU/TON, 0.8 OZ AG/TON, MINOR CU, PB, ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name White Cloud Stock-Granite; Dike
    Rock description White Cloud Stock-Granite;Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Milligen Formation-Argillite
    Rock description Milligen Formation-Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.64012, 44.05409

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Fourth Of July Cr. Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 7 Pits, 1 Caved Adit

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 Tuchek U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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