Mulligan Group Prospect

Occurrence in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Antimony, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071681
MRDS ID W015196
Record type Site
Current site name Mulligan Group Prospect
Alternate or previous names Deer Lodge Group
Related records 10144765

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.26316, 45.19548 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 5.25 MI NE OF BIG CREEK RANGER STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork Salmon(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)

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 Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N 010E 05 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • .5 MI UP MULLIGAN CREEK LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gouge

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS AVERAGED 0.2% SB, 0.05 OZ AU/TON AND 0.2 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Rock unit name Ramey Ridge Complex-Syenite Porphyry
    Rock description Ramey Ridge Complex-Syenite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.26316, 45.19548

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form MASSIVE PODS AND STRINGERS
    Strike N 65 DEG W
    Dip 80 DEG NE
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1904
Discoverer William Banner

Mining district

District name Ramey Ridge District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner John S. Roberson

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TOTAL RESOURCES ESTIMATED FROM 3000 - 15000 TONS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 27.43M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1304, 431 P

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON F. W. CATER AND OTHERS, BULL. 130

  • Reserve-Resource

    CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, USGS BULL. 1304.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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