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Bear Creek Prospect No. 1

Occurrence in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093700
MRDS ID W019345
Record type Site
Current site name Bear Creek Prospect No. 1
Related records 10290106

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.16734, 44.18658 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 11.5 MI WSW OF STANLEY, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grandjean(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deadwood River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Payette(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Boise National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 010N 011E 22 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe-Oxide Stains

Analytical data

Result A CHIP SAMPLE ACROSS 10 INCH STAINED QUARTZ VEIN GAVE 22 PPM AU ( 0.6 OZ/TON ) 240 PPM AG ( 7.0 OZ/TON ) MINOR PB, MO

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.16734, 44.18658
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Stanley And Sawtooth Lake Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Kiilsgaard, T. H., And Others, 1970, Mineral Resources Of The Sawtooth Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1319-D, 174p.

  • Deposit

    1970 RECON T. H. KIILSGAARD AND OTHERS, BULL. 1319-

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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