Hope Claims Prospect

Occurrence in Elmore county in Idaho, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093496
MRDS ID W013802
Record type Site
Current site name Hope Claims Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.35874, 43.86798 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 24.5 MI. ENE OF IDAHO CITY, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elmore(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Phifer Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Idaho City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North and Middle Forks Boise(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Boise 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 Elmore

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006N 009E 11,14 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • About 1.5 Mi. Nw Of The Hermada Deposit

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result VEIN SAMPLE SHOWS 7.5% SB
Result ANALYSIS OF A 2.1 FT. WIDTH OF ALTERED COUNTRY ROCK SHOWS 0.3% SB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granite;Intrusive Dikes
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granite;Intrusive Dikes
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.35874, 43.86798

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Gouge

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Swanholm District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Oscar Svennson

Comments on the workings information

  • Pits And Trenches Explore Veins On Several Claims

Comments on development

  • 9 Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Popoff, C. C., 1953, Hermada Antimony Deposit, Elmore County, Idaho: USBM Rept. Inv. 4950, 21 P

  • Deposit

    1953 Other USBM Rept. Inv. 495

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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