Muleshoe Prospect

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096318
MRDS ID W014378
MAS/MILS ID 0160370425
Record type Site
Current site name Muleshoe Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.36282, 44.24909 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 4 MI E CLAYTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ziegler Basin(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 011N 018E 29 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Ramshorn Slate
    Rock description Ramshorn Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.36282, 44.24909

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 DEG W
    Dip 55 DEG SW
    Width 0.06M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bayhorse District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C. P., 1937, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF PART OF THE BAYHORSE REGION, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 877, 161 P

  • Deposit

    1937 GEOLMAP ROSS, C. P., BULL. 87

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL STEWART THIRTY THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING IN IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1931 P 131

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references