Mount Regan Prospect

Occurrence in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, Beryllium
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. 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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071186
MRDS ID W014436
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Regan Prospect
Related records 10192701

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.05344, 44.15598 (WGS84)
Elevation 2530
Relative position 7 MI SW OF STANLEY, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stanley Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deadwood River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Payette(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle 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)

Sawtooth Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 010N 012E 34 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result RANDOM SAMPLES: AU-TRACE
Result AG-0.9 OZ/TON
Result TRACES OF PB, MO, BE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite, Quartz Monzonite;Andesite Dike
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite, Quartz Monzonite;Andesite Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Thompson Peak Formation-Mica Schist
    Rock description Thompson Peak Formation-Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.05344, 44.15598

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50 DEG E
    Dip 50 DEG NW
    Thickness 2.13M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Idaho Batholith And Schists

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1962

Mining district

District name Stanley District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner James D. And Joseph P. Branson

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW PROSPECT PIT

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: SAMPLE DATA SUGGESTS THAT PROSPECT DOES NOT WARRANT FURTHER WORK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KIILSGAARD, T. H., FREEMAN, V. L., AND COFFMAN, J. S., 1970, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SAWTOOTH PRIMITIVE AREA, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1319 - D, 174 P

  • Deposit

    1970 RECON KIILSGAARD, T. H., AND OTHERS, BULL. 1319 -

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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