Gold Prospect

Occurrence in Washington 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070088
MRDS ID W012770
MAS/MILS ID 0160870127
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.9724, 44.63816 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 8 MILES N.E. OF MINERAL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Neil Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McCall(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 015N 005W 17 NESENW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Located 1 Mile N.N.W. Of Benton Peak.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result GOLD OCCURS AS DISSEMINATED FLAKES, LESS THAN 1 MM IN SIZE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Seven Devils Volcanics
    Rock description Seven Devils Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Grassy Slope-Phyllites
    Rock description Grassy Slope-Phyllites

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.9724, 44.63816

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N. 65 DEG. W.
    Dip 90 DEG
    Width 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • The Seven Devils Volcanics Lie Unconformably On The Phyllites.
  • Thesis Author Used The Term "Prospect" For Outcrops. Five Ft. Wide Quartz Vein Contains Disseminated Flecks Of Gold.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sturgill Peak Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Skurla, S. J., 1974, Geology Of The Sturgill Peak Area, Washington County, Idaho: Corvallis, Oregon State Univ., Ms Thesis, 98 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1976 Benjamin, David A.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 12-MAY-1995 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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