Atlanta Prospect

Producer in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Antimony
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. Reserves and resources
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089060
MRDS ID W007937
MAS/MILS ID 0160150166
Record type Site
Current site name Atlanta Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.23157, 43.89848 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position 1 1/2 MI WSW OF HORSESHOE BEND, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horseshoe Bend(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Payette(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 007N 002E 28 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1/4 MI. N OF THE BALLENTYNE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Pyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Pyritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Diorite Porphyrite
    Rock description Diorite Porphyrite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granodiorite and two-mica granite.

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Name Tahoma zone
    General form Vein (lode)
    Strike 85 degrees east
    Dip 88 degrees west
    Length 762M
    Width 7.62M
  • Name Bascom Zone
    Strike N60E
    Dip 70 degrees
    Width 54.86M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Plant subcategory Gravity

Mining district

District name West View District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 2007
    Probable 21043410mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Antimony 4.014 g/mt Antimony Trace 2007
    Gold 1.714 g/mt Gold Minor 2007
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 2007
    Inferred 13542680mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold 1.474 g/mt Gold Minor 2007
    Silver 3.051 g/mt Silver Major 2007

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1897, THE MINING DISTRICTS OF THE IDAHO BASIN AND THE BOISE RIDGE, IDAHO: USGS 18TH ANN. REPT., PT. III, P. 717

  • Deposit

    1897 GEOLMAP LINDGREN, 18TH ANN. REPT., PT. II

  • Deposit

    Twin Mining Corp Quarterly and Annual Reports, 2900 - 2007.

  • Deposit

    Atlanta Gold Inc Press Release 4/12/07

  • Deposit

    Atlanta Gold Inc Press Release 5/18/07

  • Deposit

    Atlanta Gold Inc Press Release 6/18/07

  • Deposit

    Atlanta Gold Inc Press Release 7/23/07

  • Deposit

    Atlanta Gold Inc Press Release 9/27/07

  • Deposit

    Atlanta Gold Inc Press Release 10/1/07

  • Deposit

    Atlanta Gold Inc Press Release 11/13/07

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Steigner, William D. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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