Wild West Group Prospect

Prospect in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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 10071742
MRDS ID W015280
MAS/MILS ID 0160490697
Record type Site
Current site name Wild West Group Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.27956, 45.20158 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 5.5 MI NE OF BIG CREEK RANGER STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(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 Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 022N 010E 31 SW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Prospect Workings Are On A Steep Southwest Facing Slope 76 M. Above Beaver Creek And Is On The East Side Of Beaver Creek About 2.0 Km Above The Mouth Of Mulligan Creek.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe-Stains

Analytical data

Result PIT ASSAYS 0.01 OZ AU/TON, TRACE AG. ADIT ASSAYS TRACE AU, 0.01 OZ AG/TON, 0.01 % CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Rock unit name Ramey Ridge Equivalent-Syenite Porphyry
    Rock description Ramey Ridge Equivalent-Syenite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Yellowjacket Formation-Quartzite; Schist
    Rock description Yellowjacket Formation-Quartzite; Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.27956, 45.20158

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS AND PODS
    Strike N 65 DEG W
    Dip 40 DEG NE
    Thickness 2.3M
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure; Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

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 Mr. Roberson And Mr. Kofoed
    Home office Idaho
    First year 1973

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 115.82M
    Overall width 0.4M

Comments on development

  • 4 Unpatented Lode Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Cater, F. W., And Others, 1973, Mineral Resources Of The Idaho Primitive Area And Vicinity, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1304, 431 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.