Stibnite Prospect

Occurrence in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Zinc, Antimony, Mercury

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Alteration
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Land status
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10096273
MRDS ID	W013769
Record type	Site
Current site name	Stibnite Prospect
Related records	10265508

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-114.82703, 43.83409 (WGS84)
Elevation	2408
Relative position	9 MI. WSW OF GALENA, ID

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Frenchman Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Idaho	Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Boise	006N	014E	21		Idaho

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Zinc Critical	Tertiary
Antimony Critical	Tertiary
Mercury	Tertiary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Stibnite	Ore
Pyrite	Gangue
Quartz	Gangue

Alteration

(Local) Iron - Oxide Stains

Analytical data

Result	3 SAMPLES
Result	0.02 - 0.09% ZN
Result	0.01 - 0.5% SB
Result	AS MUCH AS 0.07% HG.

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
Rock unit name	Wood River Formation-Quartzite, Siltite
Rock description	Wood River Formation-Quartzite, Siltite

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-114.82703, 43.83409	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

Strike N 10 DEG E

Dip 40 DEG NW

Thickness 0.91M

Strike	N 10 DEG E
Dip	40 DEG NW
Thickness	0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Vienna Silver - Lead District

Land status

Ownership category	National Forest
Area name	Sawtooth National Forest

Comments on the workings information

DOZER TRENCH AND ONE PIT

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W013769
Idaho Geological Survey	Idaho Mines and Prospects	IMP	HA_858	http://www.idahogeology.org/

Bibliographic references

Deposit

TSCHANZ, C. M., AND OTHERS, 1974, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE SAWTOOTH NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, CUSTER AND BLAINE COUNTIES, IDAHO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT., 648 P
Deposit

1974 OTHER C. M. TSCHANZ AND OTHERS, OPEN-FILE REPT

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JUL-1976	Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat)	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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