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Big Horn Prospect

Occurrence in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10290828
MRDS ID W015318
MAS/MILS ID 0160850132
Record type Site
Current site name Big Horn Prospect
Alternate or previous names High Flyer Group
Related records 10071770

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.73204, 45.04548 (WGS84)
Elevation 1085
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 Valley

Public Land Survey System information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -114.73204, 45.04548
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZED VIENS ARE IN FAULT AND SHEAR ZONES CONTAINING FAULT GOUGE AND LESS THAN 10 PERCENT QUARTZ-CALCITE-SULFIDE FISSURE FILLING. THE FISSURE FILLING, MAINLY QUARTZ,CONTAINS 10-20 PERCENT CALCITE AND 5 PERCENT PYRITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STUDIES RELATED TO WILDERNESS PRIMITIVE AREAS, IDAHO AREA

  • Deposit

    AND VICINITY, IDAHO, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN NO. 1304,

  • Deposit

    1973, P.260-268.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-DEC-1996 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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