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Monte Cristo Prospect

Occurrence in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093548
MRDS ID W014262
Record type Site
Current site name Monte Cristo Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.824, 44.55294 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 13 MI E SEAFOAM RANGER STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Casto(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 014N 013E 13 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON N SIDE OF MAYFIELD CR NEAR MOUTH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Felsite Dike;Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Felsite Dike;Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Gray Green Chlorite Schist
    Rock description Gray Green Chlorite Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.824, 44.55294
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907

Mining district

District name Loon Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 TUNNELS. LOWER ONE IS 1700 FT ABOVE THE CREEK AND 700 FT LONG. UPPER ONE IS 1900 FT ABOVE THE CREEK. THE ENTRANCE TO THE TUNNEL HAS PROBABLY BEEN OBSCURED BY AN IRRIGATION CANAL

Comments on development

  • 10 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C. P., 1934, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CASTO QUADRANGLE, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 854, 135 P.

  • Deposit

    YINGER, M. A., 1976 , GEOLOGY OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE LOON CREEK MINING DISTRICT, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M.S. THESIS, P. 94 - 96 .

  • Deposit

    1934 GEOLMAP ROSS, C. P., BULL. 85

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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