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Tenderfoot Prospect

Occurrence in Valley 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10266229
MRDS ID W015330
MAS/MILS ID 0160850424
Record type Site
Current site name Tenderfoot Prospect
Related records 10071778

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -115.28286, 45.15768 (WGS84)
Elevation 1609
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Creek(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 010 E 18 SENWSE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) Lemhi Group.
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70W
    Dip 90
    Thickness 1.5M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N70W:90
    Date of Last Modification 960604

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO, USGS BULLETIN

  • Deposit

    1304; 1973, P. 253-54.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 9.75 METER ADIT FOLLOWS QUARTZ-MAGNETITE VEIN. SAMPLES TAKEN FROM VEIN AVERAGED TRACE GOLD, 10.3 GRAM SILVER PER METRIC TON, AND 16 PERCENT IRON.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-JAN-1997 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

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