Cramer Lakes Prospects

Occurrence in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Bismuth, Tin, Molybdenum, Lead, Zinc, 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073312
MRDS ID W019338
Record type Site
Current site name Cramer Lakes Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.97673, 44.03549 (WGS84)
Elevation 2835
Relative position 12 MI S OF STANLEY, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Cramer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Sawtooth Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008N 013E 07,08 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Bismuth Critical Primary
Tin Critical Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe, Mn - Stains, Clay

Analytical data

Result 3 CHIP SAMPLES: 1 ACROSS ALTERED ZONE HAD 1.5 PPM AG, 10 PPM BI, 50 PPM SN, 100 PPM MO
Result A 2ND HAD 3 PPM AG, 100 PPM PB, 440 PPM ZN, 50 PPM SN
Result A 3RD SAMPLE HAD 30 PPM AG ( 0.9 OZ/TON ), 300 PPM PB, 6600 PPM ZN, 150 PPM BI, 700 PPM SN, 1000 PPM W

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Sawtooth Batholith-Granite
    Rock description Sawtooth Batholith-Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.97673, 44.03549

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAKS
    Width 0.15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone ?

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Stanley Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Kiilsgaard, T. H., And Others, 1970, Mineral Resources Of The Sawtooth Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1319-D, 174p.

  • Deposit

    1970 RECON T. H. KIILSGAARD AND OTHERS, BULL. 1319-

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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