B and R Prospect

Occurrence in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10071234
MRDS ID W014508
MAS/MILS ID 0160370133
Record type Site
Current site name B and R Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.85813, 44.23709 (WGS84)
Elevation 2179
Relative position 4.25 MI NE OF STANLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Casino Lakes(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 014E 31 SENE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THREE CHIP SAMPLES & ONE GRAB SAMPLE; NO MINERAL VALUES ONE GRAB OF QUARTZ FROM DUMP; 0.05 OZ GOLD PER TON, & 0.6 OZ SILVER PER TON.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1 GRAB SAMPLE OF QUARTZ: 0.05 OZ AU/TON, 0.6 OZ AG/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Milligen Formation-Quartzite
    Rock description Milligen Formation-Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.85813, 44.23709

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
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

  • 1 10 FT ADIT, 3 CAVED ADITS, 4 PROSPECT PITS.

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 Federspiel U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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