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East Brownlee Creek

Occurrence in Washington county in Idaho, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093456
MRDS ID W012951
MAS/MILS ID 0160870137
Record type Site
Current site name East Brownlee Creek
Alternate or previous names East Brownlee Creek Prospect Pits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.7771, 44.75427 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 8 MI SE OF BROWNLEE DAM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cuddy Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McCall(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Weiser(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 017N 004W 35 SENW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECTS LOCATED AT THE HEAD OF EAST BROWNLEE CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Augite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock unit name East Brownlee Gabbro
    Rock description East Brownlee Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro

Nearby scientific data

(1) Olds Ferry terrane.
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD-SHAPED, STRINGERS, IRREG. MASSES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cuddy Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • CONSISTS OF SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FANKHAUSER, R. E., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE SOUTHERN CUDDY MOUNTAINS, WASHINGTON COUNTY, IDAHO: CORVALLIS, OREGON STATE UNIV., MS THESIS, 138 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FANKHAUSER DESCRIBES THIS AREA AS "DISSEMINATIONS OF MAGNETITE AND CHALCOPYRITE OCCUR IN HORNBLENDE GABBRO AT THE HEAD OF EAST BROWLEE CREEK."

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1975 Moody, Ula L.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 10-SEP-1992 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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