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Burnt Stump Group and Alta Group Lodes

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Quartz, Feldspar
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071474
MRDS ID W014888
MAS/MILS ID 0160590666
Record type Site
Current site name Burnt Stump Group and Alta Group Lodes

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.70651, 45.42377 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 21 MI WNW OF SHOUP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Square Top(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Chamberlain(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 024N 014E 11,14 SWNWSW (14) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • .5 To .75 Mi Nw Of Colt Creek - Horse Creek Junction

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary
Feldspar Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Biotite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue

Analytical data

Result QUARTZ AND FELDSPAR ARE COMMON AS LARGE CRYSTALS

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.70651, 45.42377
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.76M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Hr.Age.Mv: Pegmatite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1961
Discoverer Wade E. Chaffin, Roy Murray, Armand Brazil

Mining district

District name Salmon River Breaks Primitive Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Salmon River Breaks Primitive Area

Comments on the workings information

  • Series Of Small, Shallow Pits, Most Of Which Have Been Sloughed

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Weis, P. L., Schmitt, L. J., And Tuchek, E. T., 1972; Mineral Resources Of The Salmon River Breaks Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1353-C, P 28 - 3

  • Deposit

    Mines And Prospects Of The Elk City Quad, USGS Mines And Map Series, V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 Pegmatite Dikes, 8 Lodes: Burnt Stump 1, Three Pards, Rain Water, Big Mac, Little Kirk, Stake Nancy, Fay, And Alta

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Duncan, Daniel G. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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