McCarty Prospect

Past Producer in Adams county in Idaho, United States with commodities Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead
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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105582
MRDS ID W012798
MAS/MILS ID 0160030044
Record type Site
Current site name McCarty Prospect
Alternate or previous names McCarthy

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.84241, 45.01486 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position LOCATED 1 MILE SE OF HOMESTEAD, ORE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Adams(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Homestead(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Riggins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle 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 Adams

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 019N 004W 04,05 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Mine Is Reported As 1 Mile South Of Homestead.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Pyritization Of Tuff, Oxidation, Leaching

Analytical data

Result VEIN MATERIAL IS 3 - 10% ZN, 4% CU, WITH LITTLE AU AND AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Seven Devils Volcanics-Tuff
    Rock description Seven Devils Volcanics-Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Hunsaker Creek Formation-Volcanic Sediments
    Rock description Hunsaker Creek Formation-Volcanic Sediments

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.84241, 45.01486

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 12.19M
    Width 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Brecciated Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Seven Devils District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings Composed Of 4 Short Adits, Totaling 250 Feet In Length.

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Veins Are Narrow, Discontinuous; Only Small Amount Of Ore In Sight.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Cook, E. F., 1954, Mining Geology Of The Seven Devils Region: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 97, 22 P.

  • Deposit

    Vallier, T. L., And Brooks, H. C., 1970 , Geology And Copper Deposits Of The Homestead Area, Oregon And Idaho: The Ore Bin, V. 32 , No. 3 , P. 54 .

  • Deposit

    1954 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol., Pamphlet 97

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Benjamin, David A.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JAN-1995 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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