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Hermit Hanks Prospect

Prospect in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc, Antimony
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093612
MRDS ID W015359
MAS/MILS ID 0160490676
Record type Site
Current site name Hermit Hanks Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.30537, 45.52798 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position 3 MI SE OF CHURCHILL MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whitewater Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Chamberlain(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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 Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 025N 009E 12 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On Terrace Adjacent To Salmon River Across From Whitewater Ranch

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization, Fe Oxide

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Gneissic Diorite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Gneissic Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.30537, 45.52798
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Hermit Hank

Mining district

District name Salmon River District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Comments on development

  • 1 Unpatented Lode Claim, 1 Unpatented Placer Claim

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Cater, F. W., And Others, 1973, Mineral Resources Of The Idaho Primitive Area And Vicinity, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1304, 431, Pp. 314 & 326.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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