Profile - Yellow Pine Company

Occurrence in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tungsten
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. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071774
MRDS ID W015323
Record type Site
Current site name Profile - Yellow Pine Company
Related records 10120727

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.42596, 45.05599 (WGS84)
Elevation 2347
Relative position 2 MI SE OF PROFILE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Profile Gap(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 020N 008E 24 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SCHEELITE IN CONTACT ALTERED LIMESTONE; 10 SAMPLES ASSAYED 4 TO 30% TUNGSTEN TRIOXIDE

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Diopside, Calcite

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.01 TO OVER 1.0 OZ AU, AND LESS THAN 1 OZ TO 74 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite;Challis Volcanics-Rhyolite, Andesite;Dikes-Lamprophyre, Quartz Latite Porphyry
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite;Challis Volcanics-Rhyolite, Andesite;Dikes-Lamprophyre, Quartz Latite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Quartzite, Limestone, Argillite
    Rock description Quartzite, Limestone, Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.42596, 45.05599

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 DEG E
    Dip W
    Length 274.32M
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Edwardsburg District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Profile - Yellow Pine Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 124.97M

Comments on development

  • 9 PATENTED, 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; ECON.COM: GLACIAL MORAINE, ALLUVIUM COVER SOME OF BEDROCK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHENON, P. J., AND ROSS, C. P., 1936, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR EDWARDSBURG AND THUNDER MOUNTAIN, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44, 45 P.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1975 , ACTIVITY OF IDAHO MINING PROPERTIES, 1974 , USBM, BOISE, IDAHO, 61 P.

  • Deposit

    1936 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44

  • Deposit

    1975 COMPILE USBM, ACTIVITY OF IDAHO MINING PROPERTIES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LESS PERSISTENT VEINS STRIKE N 30 TO 50 DEG E.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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