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Silver Bell Prospect

Prospect in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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 10071817
MRDS ID W015387
MAS/MILS ID 0160490704
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Bell Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.39517, 45.29318 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Relative position 1 MI NE OF CHICKEN PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chicken Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Chamberlain(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 023N 009E 31 NWSENE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Located Near The Southwest Corner Of The District At The Head Of Rim Creek, One-Fourth Mile Northeast Of Chicken Peak Lookout.; 8 Trail Mi From Werdenhoff Mine

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe Stain

Analytical data

Result VEIN AND SHEAR ZONE SAMPLES ASSAYED TRACE TO 0.03 OZ AU/TON, 0.04 TO 0.23 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Hoodoo Quartzite-Argillaceous Quartzite
    Rock description Hoodoo Quartzite-Argillaceous Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.39517, 45.29318
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.83M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Fissures, Faults, Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1970
Discoverer Cecil Woodard

Mining district

District name Chamberlain District

Land status

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

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

  • Deposit

    Elk City Quad, IBMG Mines And Prospects Map Series, V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 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.

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