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Highland Chief Claim Prospect

Occurrence in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070616
MRDS ID W013622
Record type Site
Current site name Highland Chief Claim Prospect
Related records 10265696

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.59762, 43.87959 (WGS84)
Elevation 2926
Relative position 3 MI. ENE OF GALENA, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Galena Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Hemingway-Boulders Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006N 016E 05 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE FROM UPPER ADIT CONTAINED 16.0% ZN, 0.4 OZ AG/TON, AND 0.12% PB, MIDDLE ADIT AVERAGED 0.4 OZ AG/TON, 2.8% ZN, AND 1.0% PB. LOWER ADIT AVERAGED 0.7% PB, 0.4% ZN AND NO SILVER.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Wood River Formation-Quartzite
    Rock description Wood River Formation-Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.59762, 43.87959
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 155.45M
    Width 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1881

Mining district

District name Galena District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Total resources 81000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Lead Pb 1 wt-pct Lead Trace 1974

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 323.09M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

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