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Boise Creek Prospect

Prospect in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071475
MRDS ID W014890
MAS/MILS ID 0160490828
Record type Site
Current site name Boise Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.43927, 45.44927 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Relative position 6 MI NE OF MACKAY BAR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fivemile Bar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(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

Nez Perce-Clearwater 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 Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 024N 008E 02, 11 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • A Short Distance Above Salmon River Trail Near Boise Creek Land Status Value Calculated 7-94 Using GIS Overlay Analysis With USFS Land Ownership Boundaries, 1:126,720 Scale.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Feldspar Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore

Analytical data

Result PEGMATITE FROM DUMP CONTAINS FELDSPAR CRYSTALS UP TO 1.5 INCHES ACROSS. ONLY A TRACE OF GOLD FOUND.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Dike-Pegmatite;Dike-Aplite, Andesite
    Rock description Dike-Pegmatite;Dike-Aplite, Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pre Belt-Gneiss
    Rock description Pre Belt-Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.43927, 45.44927
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.04M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Just Across The Salmon River To The South, Cater (1973, USGS Bulletin 1304) Labels Weis' Pre - Belt Gneiss As Cretaceous Gneissic Quartz Monzonite Of The Idaho Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dixie District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Nez Perce National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 3.05M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 Old Prospect Pits, Now Sloughed Nearly Full.

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. 2

  • Deposit

    IBMG, Mines And Prospects Of The Elk City Quad., V.E. Mitchell, Et Al, 1981.

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

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

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