Diamond Prospect

Past Producer in Butte county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071903
MRDS ID W015666
MAS/MILS ID 0160230012
Record type Site
Current site name Diamond Prospect
Alternate or previous names Zinc-Clarke Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.64394, 43.51101 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 19 MI WSW OF ARCO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blizzard Mountain North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Arco(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Idaho Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Walcott(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 002N 024E 18,07 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Along N Fk Lava Creek Several Hundred Yards Beyond The Edna

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES CONTAINED 10-12% PB, 8-12 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Challis Volcanics-Latite;Granite Porphyry Stock
    Rock description Challis Volcanics-Latite;Granite Porphyry Stock
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.64394, 43.51101

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SEAMS, VEINLETS
    Strike N 50 DEG E
    Dip 45 DEG SE
    Thickness 3.66M
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lava Creek District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • Several Small Tunnels And Cuts

Comments on development

  • 5 Unpatented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1929, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Lava Creek District, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 32, 70 P.

  • Deposit

    Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology, 1944, Diamond: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open-File Rept.

  • Deposit

    Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology, 1944, Zinc-Clarke: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open-File Rept

  • Deposit

    U S Bureau Of Mines Mineral Report 37

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Vein May Be Traced For Several Hundred Ft

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JAN-1995 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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