Warm Springs Occurrence

Occurrence in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodity Silver
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. 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 10071236
MRDS ID W014510
MAS/MILS ID 160370197
Record type Site
Current site name Warm Springs Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.6864, 44.2206 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Relative position 12.75 MI E OF STANLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Robinson Bar(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)

Cecil D. Andrus-White Clouds Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 010N 015E 3 SW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Land Status Value Calculated 7-94 Using Gis Overlay Analysis With Usfs Land Ownership Boundaries, 1:126,720 Scale. Land Status Value Calculated 7-94 Using Gis Overlay Analysis With Nfs Paper Copies: (Scale 1:126,720)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe - Oxide Stains

Analytical data

Result 2 CHIP SAMPLES: 0.1 AND 0.2 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Milligen Formation-Argillite
    Rock description Milligen Formation-Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.6864, 44.2206

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 38 DEG W
    Dip 45 DEG SW
    Length 30.48M
    Width 1.52M
    Depth to bottom 25.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Warm Springs Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-07-01 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1992-06-29 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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