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Galena Prospect

Occurrence in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096364
MRDS ID W015228
Record type Site
Current site name Galena Prospect
Alternate or previous names Galena Lead
Related records 10144397

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.07456, 45.19048 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position 14 MI NE OF BIG CREEK (TOWN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Acorn Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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 Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N 011E 02 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • .5 MI S OF SNOWSHOE MINE; .75 MI N OF ACORN BUTTE LOOKOUT LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOUGE ZONE CONTAINS 0.06% PB, 0.26 OZ AG/TON 0.01% CU, AND TRACES AU AND ZN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result STOCKPILE SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.24 OZ. AU, 0.96 OZ. AG/TON, 0.41% CU, 3.07% PB
Result COMPOSITE SAMPLE OF APLITE DIKES ASSAYED 0.01% PB, 0.22 OZ. AG/TON, TRACES AU, CU ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock unit name Aplite Dikes;Ramey Ridge Equivalent-Gabbro
    Rock description Aplite Dikes;Ramey Ridge Equivalent-Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.07456, 45.19048
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Gouge

Ore body information

  • General form PODS OR SEGREGATIONS
    Strike N 70 DEG W
    Dip 65 DEG N
    Width 0.46M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Or Fracture

Comments on the geologic information

  • SECONDARY FRACTURES STRIKE N 40 - 45 DEG E, DIP STEEPLY SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1935

Mining district

District name Ramey Ridge District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1304, 431 P

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON F. W. CATER AND OTHERS, BULL. 130

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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