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Eagle Creek Quartz Deposit

Prospect in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Semiprecious Gemstone, Silver, Gold
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096339
MRDS ID W014889
MAS/MILS ID 0160490720
Record type Site
Current site name Eagle Creek Quartz Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.84735, 45.42048 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 10.5 MI NE OF COLD MEADOWS AIR STRIP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Waugh Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Chamberlain(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bitterroot National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 024N 013E 15 E2 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On Ridge Crest Between Fawn Creek And Eagle Creek, .5 Mile N Of Salmon R. Land Status Value Calculated 7-94 Using GIS Overlay Analysis With USFS Land Ownership Boundaries, 1:126,720 Scale.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Semiprecious Gemstone Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Quartz Is Drusy; Quartz Crystals As Much As .5 Of An Inch Long Line The Voids
  • Sample Taken Across Widest Part Of Quartz Lens Contained A Tr Gold And 6.9 Grams Silver Per Tonne.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N
    Dip 90 DEG
    Length 9.14M
    Width 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Just Across The Salmon River To The South, Cater (1973, USGS Bulletin 1304) Labels Weis' Pre - Belt Gneiss As Cretaceous Gneissic Quartz Monzonite Of The Idaho Batholith; Hr.Age.Mv: Pegmatite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Salmon River Breaks Primitive Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Bitterroot National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • Minor Prospecting Has Been Done

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: 5 Ft. Sample Across Lens Contained A Trace Gold And 0.20 Oz Silver/Ton

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Weis, P. L., Schmitt, L. J., And Tuchek, E. T., 1972; Mineral Resources Of The Salmon River Breaks Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1353-C, P 2

  • Deposit

    Elk City Quad, IBMG Mine And Prospect Map Series, V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Several Smaller Lenses Crop Out.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Duncan, Daniel G. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 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.

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