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Mountain View Group

Occurrence in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Graphite, Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071231
MRDS ID W014503
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain View Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.99784, 44.25238 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 4 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

Basin Butte(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 012E 25 Idaho

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Iron - Oxide Stains

Analytical data

Result 12 SAMPLES: 0.1 - 0.3 OZ AG/TON, TRACE AU, CU, PB, ZN
Result 12 SAMPLES OF GRAPHITIC GNEISS: 0.043 - 2.30% TOTAL C., WITH UNWEIGHTED AVG. 0.61% TOTAL C.

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) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Thompson Peak Formation-Gneiss
    Rock description Thompson Peak Formation-Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granodiorite and two-mica granite.
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
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

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 DOZER CUTS, 5 TRENCHES

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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