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Galena Prospect

Past Producer in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10144397
MRDS ID W015228
MAS/MILS ID 0160850166
Record type Site
Current site name Galena Prospect
Alternate or previous names Galena, Galena Lead
Related records 10096364

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.07456, 45.19048 (WGS84)
Elevation 1828
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Acorn Butte(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)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 021 N 011 E 02 NE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.07456, 45.19048
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • A SAMPLE OF STOCKPILE ASSAYED 8.2 GRAMS GOLD, 32.9 GRAMS SILVER PER TONNE, 0.41% COPPER, AND 3.07% LEAD.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO; USGS BULLETIN 1304

  • Deposit

    1973, P. 174-175.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECT IS ABOUT 0.8 KILOMETERS SOUTH OF THE SNOWSHOE MINE AND 1.2 KILOMETERS NORTH OF ACORN BUTTE LOOKOUT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-DEC-1996 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

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