Good Enough Group

Prospect in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096292
MRDS ID W014079
MAS/MILS ID 0160590676
Record type Site
Current site name Good Enough Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.78374, 44.71628 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 10.5 MI E OF LITTLE CREEK GUARD STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Falconberry Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Middle Fork Salmon(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)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 016N 014E 14 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe Oxides

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE ASSAYED TRACE AU, 0.2 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Diorite Or Diorite;Pegmatite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Diorite Or Diorite;Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.78374, 44.71628

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 DEG E
    Dip 75 DEG N
    Thickness 0.08M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939

Mining district

District name Loon Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 4.57M

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: .5 to 2 ft thick overburden

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Cater, F. W., And Others, 1973, Mineral Resources Of The Idaho Primitive Area And Vicinity, Idaho: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1304, 431 P

  • Deposit

    1973 Recon Cater, F. W., And Others, Bulletin 1304

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A sample from portal adit contained trace gold and 6.9 gram silver per metric ton.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-OCT-1992 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Reporter 13-MAR-1995 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.