Warm Springs Group Prospect

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Controls for ore emplacement
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Land status
Workings at the site
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10093495
MRDS ID	W013763
MAS/MILS ID	0160370047
Record type	Site
Current site name	Warm Springs Group Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-114.48062, 43.98459 (WGS84)
Elevation	2073
Relative position	11.5 MI. NE OF GALENA, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ryan Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(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)

Hemingway-Boulders 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	017E	32	SENW	Idaho

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Silver	Primary
Copper	Secondary
Lead	Tertiary
Zinc Critical	Tertiary
Gold	Tertiary

Analytical data

Result	SELECT GRAB SAMPLE:\n3.2 OZ. AG/TON\n0.21% CU\n0.86% PB\n5.6% ZN
Result	5 CHIP SAMPLES:\nTR. OR LESS AG\n0.00017% OR LESS CU\n0.08% OR LESS PB\n0.34% OR LESS ZN.

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
Rock unit name	Milligen Formation: Calcareous Argillite
Rock description	Milligen Formation: Calcareous Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-114.48062, 43.98459	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

General form VEINLETS, LENSES

General form	VEINLETS, LENSES

Controls for ore emplacement

Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type	Underground
Development status	Prospect
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Upper East Fork Salmon River District

Land status

Ownership category	National Forest
Area name	Sawtooth National Forest

Workings at the site

Type of workings Underground

Length 70.1M

Type of workings	Underground
Length	70.1M

Comments on the workings information

2 Adits

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W013763
Idaho Geological Survey	Idaho Mines and Prospects	IMP	HA1005	http://www.idahogeology.org/
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0160370047	data consolidated into this record

Bibliographic references

Deposit

Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, Mineral Resources Of The Eastern Part Of The Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Custer And Blaine Counties, Idaho: USGS Open-File Rept., 648 P
Deposit

U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1545-E, Table 34, No. 225, P. 458.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JUL-1976	Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat)	U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter	08-SEP-1993	Evans	U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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