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Frisco Prospect

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071629
MRDS ID W015126
MAS/MILS ID 0160490097
Record type Site
Current site name Frisco Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.30487, 45.79268 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position 6.75 MI SE OF ELK CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Hawk Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 028N 009E 01,02 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • About 2 Mi. Almost Due E Of American Eagle

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite;Porphyritic Andesite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite;Porphyritic Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.30487, 45.79268
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Elk City District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Nez Perce National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • Dump Size Indicates Several Hundred Ft Workings

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 06-MAY-1997 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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