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Watson Claim

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071596
MRDS ID W015077
MAS/MILS ID 0160590028
Record type Site
Current site name Watson Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.02843, 45.52267 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 9 MI N OF NORTH FORK, 7.5 MI NE OF ULYSSES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Allan Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nez Perce Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 025N 021E 07,06 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On The Hillside N. Of Hughes Cr.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Goethite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Slate, Phyllite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.02843, 45.52267
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Joints

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original Structures entry:
    Local - Joints
  • Original ore control entry:
    Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gibbonsville District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Watson, H. S.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 167.64M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 Adits

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Trite, A. F., Jr., And Tooker, F. W., 1953, Uranium And Thorium Deposits In East Central Idaho, Southwestern Montana: USGS Bulletin 988-H, P. 157-209

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Bainbridge, Terri L.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-OCT-1990 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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