Dirty Dutchman Prospect

Occurrence in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, 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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093537
MRDS ID W014074
MAS/MILS ID 0160370641
Record type Site
Current site name Dirty Dutchman Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.93264, 44.64798 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 7 MI SE OF LITTLE CREEK GUARD STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sliderock Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Frank Church-River of No Return 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 015N 013E 07 SWSWNE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1.7 Mi Up Side Creek From Little Loon Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gossan

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE ASSAYED 5.0% PB, 2.0% CU, 1.0 OZ AG/TON, AND TRACE AU
Result AVERAGE IS 2.0% PB, 1.0% CU, 0.5 OZ AG/TON, TRACE AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Rock unit name Dacite Porphyry
    Rock description Dacite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.93264, 44.64798

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 DEG W
    Dip 50 DEG S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture

Comments on the geologic information

  • 1 Fracture Set Trends N 60 Deg E, Dip 75 Deg NW; Another Strikes N 20 Deg W, Dips 90 Deg; Another Strikes E and Dips 15 Deg S.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1957

Mining district

District name Loon Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bill Sullivan And Stan Tappan
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1961

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 Shallow Trench, 15 Ft. Deep. Trench Trends N 72 Deg E.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Cater, F. W., And Others, 1973, Mineral Resources Of The Idaho Primitive Area And Vicinity, Idaho: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 1304, 431 P.

  • Deposit

    Choate, R., 1961, Dirty Dutchman Prospect: Idaho Bur. Mines And Geology Open - File Rept.

  • Deposit

    1961 Recon Ida. Bur. Mines And Geol. Open - File Rept.

  • Deposit

    1973 Recon Cater, F. W., And Others, Bull. 1304

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-OCT-1992 Weldin, Robert U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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