Trail Prospect

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, 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. Alteration
  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 10071223
MRDS ID W014492
MAS/MILS ID 0160370175
Record type Site
Current site name Trail Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.04284, 44.33048 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 9.5 MI NW OF 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 012N 012E 34 SWNE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Iron - Oxide Stained

Analytical data

Result 2 SELECT SAMPLES OF FE-OXIDE STAINED MATERIAL: AS MUCH AS 0.1 OZ AG/TON, TRACE CU, PB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock type qualifier Andesite Dike
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.04284, 44.33048

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • Two Select Samples of Iron-Oxide-Stained Material In Pit; As Much As 0.1 Oz Silver Per Ton & Trace Copper & Lead.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Stanley District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 Trench, 1 Pit

Reference information

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. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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