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Starter Prospect

Prospect in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Gold, Copper, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097429
MRDS ID W013555
Record type Site
Current site name Starter Prospect
Related records 10119941

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.3556, 43.4294 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position 6 1/2 MI. SSW OF HAILEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bellevue(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fairfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Wood(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 001N 018E 7 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1/2 MI. SE OF PIONEER

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe Stains, Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wood River Formation-Limestone, Sandstone
    Rock description Wood River Form.-Limestone, Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.3556, 43.4294
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SEAMS
    Width 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mineral Hill District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Idaho Exploration Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 7.62M
    Overall depth 12.19M
    Overall length 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORK CONSISTS OF 40 FT. SHAFT, 25 FT CAVED TUNNEL, AND A 75 FT OPEN CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., AND OTHERS, 1950, DETAILED GEOLOGY OF CERTAIN AREAS IN THE MINERAL HILL AND WARM SPRINGS MINING DISTRICTS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 90, P. 30

  • Deposit

    GRINER, W.C., 1974, SEVENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPT. OF MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1973-1974, 98 P.

  • Deposit

    1949 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL., PAMPHLET 90

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-02-01 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

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