Sheephead Prospect

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096327
MRDS ID W014452
MAS/MILS ID 0160370138
Record type Site
Current site name Sheephead Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.61422, 44.20849 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 27 MI SW OF CHALLIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Livingston 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

Sawtooth National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Cecil D. Andrus-White Clouds Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 010N 016E 08 NESW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result 2 CHIP SAMPLES ACROSS SHEAR ZONE: NO AU, AG
Result TRACE ZN. 1 GRAB SAMPLE FROM STOCKPILE: 0.7 OZ AG/TON
Result TRACE PB, ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Milligen Formation-Argillite
    Rock description Milligen Formation-Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.61422, 44.20849

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 DEG E
    Dip 50 DEG NE
    Thickness 0.15M

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 Unorganized District; Slate Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall length 13.72M

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 29-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.