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Wolf Fang Peak Prospect 1

Occurrence in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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 10096372
MRDS ID W015284
Record type Site
Current site name Wolf Fang Peak Prospect 1
Related records 10144901, 10169212

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.43157, 45.16958 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Relative position 7 MI SE OF MC DOWELL RANCH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wolf Fang Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South 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 008E 12 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON RIDGE AT HEAD OF S FK WOLF FANG CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Fe Stain

Analytical data

Result VEIN SAMPLE CONTAINED TRACE AU, 0.30 OZ AG/TON. SILICIFIED SAMPLE CONTAINED TRACE AU AND 0.10 OZ AG/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granitic Rocks;Challis Volcanics-Volcanic Rocks
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granitic Rocks;Challis Volcanics-Volcanic Rocks
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.43157, 45.16958
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 DEG E
    Dip 65 DEG W
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 11.89M
    Depth to bottom 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Chill Zone Or Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • SILICIFIED ZONE IS 130 FT THICK, 100 FT. LONG, 100 FT. HIGH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name South Fork Salmon River Addition

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-JUL-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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