Mandate Prospect

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Uranium, Silver
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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096300
MRDS ID W014165
MAS/MILS ID 0160370391
Record type Site
Current site name Mandate Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.76673, 44.27379 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 2 MI W OF SUNBEAM (TOWN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East Basin Creek(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

Salmon-Challis 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 011N 014E 24 NW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Uranium Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal

Analytical data

Result MINERALIZED ROCK CONTAINS LESS THAN 0.10% U3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Challis Volcanics-Arkosic Conglomerate
    Rock description Challis Volcanics-Arkosic Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.76673, 44.27379

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Idaho Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Buried Former Stream Channels, Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1958
Discoverer C. F. Weaver, J. Weidman, A. Shrank

Mining district

District name Stanley District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. F. Weaver, J. Weidman, A. Shrank

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 Pits, 1 Caved Shaft

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Low Grade of Ore and Smallness of Deposit Preclude Mining

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Choate, Raoul, 1962, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Stanley Area: Idaho Bureau Of Mines Pamphlet 126, 120 P

  • Deposit

    Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Pamphlet 117, 1956, P. 34-35.

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-3, No. 393, P. 199.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Yett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 04-NOV-1992 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.