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Fishhook Peak Prospect

Occurrence in Shoshone 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096471
MRDS ID W026689
MAS/MILS ID 0160790524
Record type Site
Current site name Fishhook Peak Prospect
Alternate or previous names Slide Rock Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.95741, 47.13987 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 10.25 MI SW OF AVERY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hoyt Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Joe(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 044N 004E 21 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1/4 Mi E of Slide Rock Peak (Fishhook Peak)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result TRACE GOLD ( 1906

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Pritchard Formation
    Rock description Pritchard Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.95741, 47.13987
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name St. Joe District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name St. Joe National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fishhook Min. Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 64.92M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Collier, A. J., 1906 , Ore Deposits Of The St. Joe River Basin, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 285 , P. 129 - 139

  • Deposit

    Wilson, R. S., 1963 , Geochemical Exploration Reconnaissance Of The Avery Area, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, Ms Thesis, P. 29

  • Deposit

    Campbell, S., 1924 , 25th Ann. Rept. Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1923 , P. 153

  • Deposit

    1906 Other A. J. Collier, Bulletin 285

  • Deposit

    1924 Compile 25th Ann. Mine Inspector'S Rept. For 1923

  • Deposit

    IBMG, Mines And Prospects Of The Wallace Quad, Idaho, 1981, Hustedde, Et Al.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-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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