Bohannon Prospect

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Nickel, Gold
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096237
MRDS ID W013484
MAS/MILS ID 0160590068
Record type Site
Current site name Bohannon Prospect
Alternate or previous names Gray Eagle, Blackbird Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.34813, 45.11909 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 20 MI. WEST OF SALMON, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blackbird Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(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 018E 28 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE NORTH SLOPE OF MEADOW CREEK, 1000 FT. NW UNCLE SAM MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Secondary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cobaltite Ore
Gold Ore
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chlorite, Silicification

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE, 6.6% CO, 0.03% CU
Result 1 SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.005 OZ AU/TON, 0.26% CO, 0.12% CU
Result SELECTED DUMP MATERIAL SHOWED 0.4% CO, 6.1% CU
Result .8 % NI

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock unit name Gabbro
    Rock description Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.34813, 45.11909

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Schistosity

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR LENS, STRINGERS
    Strike N 30 DEG W
    Dip 70 DEG S
    Width 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone, Shear Zone Which Strikes N-S

Comments on the geologic information

  • FAULT ZONE STRIKES NW, SHEAR ZONE STRIKES N-S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blackbird District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hanna Mining Co.
    Year 1947

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 39.62M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on development

  • BOHANNON CLAIM NOW INCLUDED IN BLACKBIRD MINE, SEE NO. 363.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1975 Ortman, Dale; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 21-JUL-2009 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Consolidated data from Deposit ID: 10241744 and then deleted that record.

Beyond USGS

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