Lakeside Prospect

Occurrence in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten
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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096377
MRDS ID W015336
Record type Site
Current site name Lakeside Prospect
Related records 10266047

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.36706, 45.15208 (WGS84)
Elevation 2530
Relative position 4 MI NW 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

Big Creek(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N 009E 21 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • AT HEAD OF CIRQUE ABOUT .5 MI SW OF GOLDEN CUP MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe Stain, Silicification

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.01 OZ AU/TON
Result STOCKPILE SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.05 OZ AU/TON
Result SECOND VEIN ASSAYED 0.01 OZ AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Yellowjacket Formation-Hornblende Biotite Gneiss, Argillaceous Quartzite
    Rock description Yellowjacket Formation-Hornblende Biotite Gneiss, Argillaceous Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.36706, 45.15208

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 DEG W
    Dip 90 DEG
    Thickness 9.75M
    Depth to bottom 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Wilbur Wiles

Mining district

District name Edwardsburg District

Land status

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Wiles, Wilbur

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 10.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROPERTY IS EXPLORED BY A LARGE TRENCH AND SEVERAL OLD PITS.

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

    KIRKPATRICK, G. E., 1974, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BIG CREEK AREA, VALLEY AND IDAHO COUNTIES, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M.S. THESIS, P. 51.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SECOND VEIN STRIKES N 28 DEG W, DIPS 50 DEG NE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.