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Grizzley Prospect

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094599
MRDS ID D009902
Record type Site
Current site name Grizzley Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.58011, 45.09989 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 16.3 MI S 71 E OF SALMON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldstone Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lemhi(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N;020N 024E;024E 35;02 SE (35); NW (02) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • S. SIDE OF THE MAIN FORK OF SANDY CR. 1.3 MI S 9 W OF GOLDSTONE MTN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Yellowjacket Formation
    Rock description Yellowjacket
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.58011, 45.09989
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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 Sandy Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. A. Byers
    First year 1909

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 61.87M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS, TOTALLING 203 FT.

Comments on development

  • 3 PATENTED CLAIMS, 1 MILLSITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOREST SERVICE FILES, D.W. PETERS, SALMON, ID

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PART OF OVERALL VIRGINIA MINE AREA ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Peters, Donald W. U.S. Forest Service
Updater 01-FEB-1985 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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