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Big Creek Prospects

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072011
MRDS ID W015818
Record type Site
Current site name Big Creek Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.6042, 44.4417 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Relative position 4.25 MI NNE OF GOLDBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Creek Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Borah Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pahsimeroi(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 013N 024E 21,22 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON SLOPE ON N SIDE BIG CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Lemhi Quartzite-Schistose Quartzite
    Rock description Lemhi Quartzite-Schistose Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.6042, 44.4417
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS, VEINLETS

Comments on the geologic information

  • ROSS SAYS THAT NO CLUE TO THE AGE OF THE QUARTZ DIORITE IS AFFORDED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Goldburg Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL CUTS AND SHORT TUNNELS

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1977-01-01 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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