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Shiner Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096297
MRDS ID W014128
MAS/MILS ID 0160370666
Record type Site
Current site name Shiner Prospect
Alternate or previous names Shiner Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.64982, 44.04659 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Relative position 18.5 MI SE OF STANLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Washington Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008N 015E 01 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1 Mi. S. of Blackman Peak.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result A SAMPLE ASSAYED 1.4 OZ AG/TON, 2.9% PB, AND 4.2% ZN. SAMPLES OF TACTITE CONTAINED NO MORE THAN 0.1 OZ AG/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Milligen Formation-Quartzite;Tactite
    Rock description Milligen Formation-Quartzite;Tactite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.64982, 44.04659
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 90 DEG
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • Shear Zone Trends NE, Dip Nearly Vertical

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 Fourth Of July Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 Shaft, 6 Pits

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Tschanz, C. M., And Others, Mineral Resources Of The Eastern Part Of The Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Custer And Blaine Counties, Idaho: USGS Open - File Rept., 648 P

  • Deposit

    Vannoy & Others, 1986, USGS Bulletin1545e, P.341, Pl.3, No.111

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1 Vein, 2 Shear Zones

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1975 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 01-JUN-1992 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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