Rawhide 1, 2, and 3 Prospect

Occurrence in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Zinc, Silver, Gold
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093502
MRDS ID W013895
Record type Site
Current site name Rawhide 1, 2, and 3 Prospect
Related records 10193135

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.3173, 43.49049 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 2 MI. SW OF HAILEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bellevue(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fairfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Wood(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 002N 018E 21 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • .5 MI. E. OF SNOOSE MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Iron Stain

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE RAN 0.02 AU
Result 3.19 OZ AG
Result 0.45% CU
Result 2% PB
Result 12.5% ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Wood River Formation-Shale
    Rock description Wood River Formation-Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.3173, 43.49049

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mineral Hill District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZER CUTS, 40 FT. TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STALEY, W. W., 1962, RAWHIDE 1, 2, AND 3: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    1962 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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