Washington Vein Prospects

Occurrence in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Antimony, Cobalt, Gold, Nickel
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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096324
MRDS ID W014424
Record type Site
Current site name Washington Vein Prospects
Alternate or previous names Black Rock

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.66532, 44.00129 (WGS84)
Elevation 2926
Relative position 41.5 MI. SW OF CHALLIS; 8.5 MI E OF OBSIDIAN

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 23 SE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES OF VEIN MATERIAL AVE 0.005 OZ AU/TON, 1.3 OZ AG/TON, 1.27% PB, 0.32% SB, 0.25% AS. 2 SAMPLES ACROSS VEIN AVG. TRACE AU, 0.8 OZ AG/TON, 0.24% PB, 0.06% SB. SAMPLE OF SHEAR ZONE CONTAINED 4.8 OZ AG/TON, 6.20% P

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name White Cloud Stock-Granite
    Rock description White Cloud Stock-Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Tactite
    Rock description Tactite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.66532, 44.00129

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS
    Strike N 40 DEG W
    Dip 50 DEG SW
    Length 304.8M
    Width 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name East Fork District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Washington Peak Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS, 5 ADITS, 6 PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JUN-1992 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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