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Parks Prospect

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Mineral rights holdings
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071695
MRDS ID W015217
MAS/MILS ID 0160590105
Record type Site
Current site name Parks Prospect
Alternate or previous names Park Mine, Mayfield

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.54534, 45.01178 (WGS84)
Elevation 2329
Relative position 4.25 MI FROM OLD TOWN OF YELLOWJACKET

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hoodoo Meadows(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 019N 016E 01,02 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • In Steep-Sided Gulch Directly Across From The Black Eagle; Less Than 200 Yd From Hoodoo Creek.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gouge
  • (Local) Fe Stain
  • (Local) Chloritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Hoodoo Quartzite
    Rock description Hoodoo Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.54534, 45.01178
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Brecciation
Type of structure Local
Structure name Faults

Ore body information

  • General form BUNCHES OR LENSES
    Strike N 80 DEG E
    Dip 55 DEG NW
    Length 3.05M
    Width 0.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Hoodoo Quartzite Strikes N 30 Deg W, Dips 85 Deg Ne
  • Original Structures entry:
    Local - Brecciation, Faults
  • Original alteration entry:
    Local - 4 Inches Gouge; Fe Stain; Chloritization

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yellowjacket District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ernie Parks

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 Short Adit On N - Ward Facing Slope And Some Caved Adits Across On Other Side Of Gulch

Comments on development

  • Several Unpatented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1953, Gold - Copper - Lead Deposits Of The Yellowjacket District, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 94, 41 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-DEC-1996 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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