Mother Lode Prospect

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Mineral rights holdings
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096358
MRDS ID W015146
MAS/MILS ID 0160490132
Record type Site
Current site name Mother Lode Prospect
Alternate or previous names Concord, Concorde

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.67658, 45.58457 (WGS84)
Elevation 2408
Relative position .1 MI N OF CONCORD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buffalo Hump(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elk City(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

Nez Perce-Clearwater 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 Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 026N 006E 14 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Approximately 1000 Ft Northwest Up Slope Of The Concord Landing Strip.
  • The Property Consists Of 14 Partially Developed Patented Mineral Claims.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gouge, Silicification

Analytical data

Result ORE SAID TO ASSAY $15 TO $26/TON AU (1934)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.67658, 45.58457

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciation

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS
    Strike N 10 DEG E
    Dip W
    Thickness 3.05M
    Width 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone/Shear Zone, Fissure

Comments on the geologic information

  • Schist Strikes NNE, Dips NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1898
Discoverer P. J. Turner

Mining district

District name Buffalo Hump District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Nez Perce National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Galen L. Stone
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Golden Concord Mining Corp.
    Home office 595 Howe Street\nSuite 604\nVancouver BC V6C 2T5\nCanada\n
    Year 1989

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 484.63M
    Overall depth 24.38M

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 Veins

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-DEC-1996 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.

External references