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Gold Prospect

Occurrence in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Geologic structures
  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 10071538
MRDS ID W014984
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.69708, 45.27177 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 1 MI NW OF WARREN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Warren(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

Payette 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 Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 022N 006E 03,02 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • BETWEEN WARREN AND STEAMBOAT CREEKS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

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) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.69708, 45.27177
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Banding

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Warren District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS, 1 TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REED, J. C., 1937, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WARREN MINING DISTRICT, IDAHO COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 45, 65 P

  • Deposit

    1937 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 4

Reporter information

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

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