Grand Prize Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105777
MRDS ID W015699
MAS/MILS ID 0160370010
Record type Site
Current site name Grand Prize Mine
Alternate or previous names Champion Cliff Creek Group, Ausich Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.67669, 43.8771 (WGS84)
Elevation 2515
Relative position 3.5 MI SW OF MACKAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mackay Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Arco(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Idaho Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Lost(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006N 023E 01 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1000 Ft SE of Saddle Magnetite Prospect

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Sand Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Leucogranite Porphyry;Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Leucogranite Porphyry;Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.67669, 43.8771

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Host Rock Referred To As Dacite By Leland (1957) and Granite Porphyry By Umpleby (1917).

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 Alder Creek District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest
Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • Production Totalled $10,000

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 27.43M

Comments on development

  • 1 Patented Claim

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Leland, G. R., 1957, General Geology And Mineralization Of The Mackay Stock Area: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M. S. Thesis, 71 P.

  • Production

    Leland, G. R., 1957, Univ. Of Idaho, M. S. Thesis

  • Deposit

    Nelson, W. H., And Ross, C. P., 1968, Geology Of Part Of The Alder Creek Mining District, Custer County, Idho: USGS Bulletin 1252-A, 30 P.

  • Deposit

    Umpleby, J. B., 1917, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Mackay Region, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 97, 129 P.

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-4, No. 578, P. 241.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 08-DEC-1992 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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