Rattlesnake Camp Prospect

Prospect in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity 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. 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 10266347
MAS/MILS ID 0160590423
Record type Site
Current site name Rattlesnake Camp Prospect
Related records 10071767

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -114.72374, 45.04048 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
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

Puddin Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(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

Salmon-Challis 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 020 N 014 E 27 NENESE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) Yellowjacket Formation.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Cater, F. W., And Others, 1973, Mineral Resources Of The Idaho Primitive Area And Vicinity, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1304, 431 P, P. 260-262 & 271.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Two Exploration Pits Expose Quartz Veins Along Joints In The Cretaceous Idaho Batholith Of Quartz Monzonite Discontinuous Veins Are Less Than .3 Meters Wide And Contain Approx. 95 Percent Quartz And 5 Percent Limonite - No Sulfides Were Observed And A Sample Contained No Gold Or Silver.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-MAR-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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