Meadowview Prospect

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Zinc, Tungsten, Lead, Copper
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Mineral rights holdings
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071177
MRDS ID W014423
MAS/MILS ID 0160370453
Record type Site
Current site name Meadowview Prospect
Alternate or previous names Meadow View

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.65782, 44.02159 (WGS84)
Elevation 2865
Relative position 9 MI E OF OBSIDIAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Washington Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008N 015E 14 SE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) MODERATE CARBONATE SILIC

Analytical data

Result NO 1. VEIN: \n0.27% WO3, \n5.2% ZN, \n0.28 OZ AG/TON
Result NO. 2 VEIN: \n0.30% WO3, \n7.2% ZN, \n0.36 OZ AG/TON.
Result OTHER RANDOM SAMPLES RANGED FROM \n2.7 - 10.4% ZN, \n0.08 - 0.44% WO3, \n0.22 - 0.40 OZ AG/TON, \n0.001% PB, \n0.02% CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Milligen Formation-Marble, Argillite;Tactite
    Rock description Milligen Formation-Marble, Argillite;Tactite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.65782, 44.02159

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR, PODS, STRINGERS
    Strike NW
    Dip 55 DEG SW
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 39.62M
    Width 1.52M
  • General form TABULAR, REPLACEMENT
    Strike N25W
    Dip 55W
    Thickness 2M
    Length 37M
    Area 10HA

Controls for ore emplacement

  • IGNEOUS
  • LITHOLOGY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name East Fork District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Elmer Enderlin
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1978

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 10000 Tons No. 2 Vein; 4500 Tons No. 1 Vein

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 256.03M
    Field Value
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 183
    Number of Adits 1
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Year of Information 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 Veins

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 18-AUG-1988 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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