Copper-Lead Prospect

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Lead
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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093562
MRDS ID W014451
MAS/MILS ID 160370198
Record type Site
Current site name Copper-Lead Prospect
Alternate or previous names Cu - Pb Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.6253, 44.2058 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 28 MI SW OF CHALLIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Robinson Bar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(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)

Cecil D. Andrus-White Clouds 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 010N 016E 7 SE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 2 CHIP SAMPLES: NO AU, AG
Result 0.001% CU
Result 0.002% PB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.6253, 44.2058

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS, PODS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Unorganized District; Slate Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-07-01 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1992-06-30 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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