Upper Billy Creek Mineral Occurrences

Prospect in Elmore county in Idaho, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Silver, Gold, Beryllium, Lead, Bismuth
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. Geologic structures
  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 10093701
MRDS ID W019355
MAS/MILS ID 0160390137
Record type Site
Current site name Upper Billy Creek Mineral Occurrences

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.02983, 43.92099 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591
Relative position 9 MI NE OF ATLANTA, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elmore(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Everly(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Idaho City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North and Middle Forks Boise(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle 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)

Sawtooth Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Elmore

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 007N 012E 22,23,26 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Tertiary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Garnet Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1 FLOAT SAMPLE HAD TRACE AU, 0.07 % MO
Result SAMPLES OF ALTERED ROCK SHOWED TRACES OF AU AND MO
Result 2 SAMPLES ALONG A DIKE HAD 50 AND 70 PPM
Result A 2ND FLOAT SAMPLE HAD 0.003 OZ AU/TON, 5.8 OZ AG/TON, 0.3 % PB, +1 % BI, 0.015 % MO

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.02983, 43.92099

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Mn-Stains, Fe-Stains

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Atlanta Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest
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, Bulletin 1319-

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al, Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Hailey Quad

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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