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Diamond Hitch Prospect

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Antimony
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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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071636
MRDS ID W015136
MAS/MILS ID 0160490119
Record type Site
Current site name Diamond Hitch Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.51938, 45.68677 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position 2.5 MI SE OF ORGRANDE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orogrande(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 027N 008E 18 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 3 Mi Above Mouth Of Quartz Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Stibnite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Silicification

Analytical data

Result 1 ADIT SAMPLE ASSAYED $6.30 AU/TON;

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Dikes-Andesite, Pegmatite;Idaho Batholith-Granite
    Rock description Dikes-Andesite, Pegmatite;Idaho Batholith-Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Granitic Biotite Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.51938, 45.68677
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 DEG W
    Dip 65 DEG S
    Length 24.38M
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • Wall Rock Strikes N 10 Deg W, Dips 80 Deg E

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 Orogrande District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Nez Perce National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner D. E. Mulcahy

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 Parallel Veins

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 07-OCT-1991 Rains, Richard 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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