Corder Group Prospect

Prospect in Elmore county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Bismuth, Molybdenum
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096279
MRDS ID W013850
MAS/MILS ID 0160390643
Record type Site
Current site name Corder Group Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.19954, 43.95738 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position 11.5 MI. NNW OF ATLANTA, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elmore(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nahneke Mountain(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 011E 08,09 NWSE (08) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • S. Face Of Ridge Between Grouse And Johnson Creeks Land Status Value Calculated 7-94 Using Gis Overlay Analysis With Usfs Land Ownership Boundaries, 1:126,720 Scale.
  • The Corder Group Of Claims Are Along The North Rim Of Grouse Creek In Secs 8&9, T7n, R11e And Sec 12, T7n, R10e. They Extend More Than A Mile East-West And Include Much Of The South Face Of The Ridge Between Grouse And Johnson Creeks. Thirteen Samples Collected Over The Area Contained Zero To Trace Gold, Trace To 805 Grams Silver Per Tonne, Trace To 0.01 Percent Copper, Zero To 0.01 Percent Molybdenum, Zero To Trace Tin And Lead, And A Minor Amount Of Bismuth In One Sample.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result 2 - FT SAMPLE ACROSS VEIN CONTAINED :\nTR. AU, \n9.9 OZ. AG/TON, \nMINOR AMOUNTS CU, PB, BI, AND 0.01% MO. \nDUMP SAMPLE ASSAYED :\nTR. AU,\n0.2 OZ AG/TON. \nOTHER RANDOM CHIP SAMPLES OF VEINS HAD 0 - TRACE AU AND 0.04 - 23.5 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite, Quartz Diorite Or Granodiorite;Dike-Andesite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite, Quartz Diorite Or Granodiorite;Dike-Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.19954, 43.95738

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Montezuma Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, VEINLETS
    Strike N 70 DEG E
    Dip 60 DEG NW
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 213.36M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Black Warrior District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest
Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. C. Corder
    First year 1967

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 30.48M

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

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Another Lens Strikes N 40 Deg W, Dips Vertically; Another Vein Trends N 20 Deg W And Dips Steeply E

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 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.