Jankow Prospect

Occurrence in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Tungsten, Silver, Zinc, Lead
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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096275
MRDS ID W013799
Record type Site
Current site name Jankow Prospect
Related records 10241137

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.51422, 43.82489 (WGS84)
Elevation 2804
Relative position 7.5 MI. SE 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

Easley Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Wood(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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;006N 016E;017E 25;30 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES REPORTED TO BE FROM DEPOSIT WERE 0.5 - 1.0% WO3
Result 1.1 OZ AG/TON, 1.2% ZN, 0.4% PB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Milligen Formation-Limestone, Quartzite
    Rock description Milligen Formation-Limestone, Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.51422, 43.82489

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Granitic Dike

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 DEG W
    Dip STEEP
    Thickness 0.76M
    Length 24.38M
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIKE TRENDS N 45 DEG E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Warm Springs District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lester Jankow

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 SHORT UPPER ADITS, LOWER CAVED ADIT ESTIMATED AT 100 FT. LONG

Comments on development

  • 4 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-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.