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Hen Creek Prospect

Prospect in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodity 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071801
MRDS ID W015360
MAS/MILS ID 0160490672
Record type Site
Current site name Hen Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.40427, 45.33408 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 2.5 MI N OF CHICKEN PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chicken Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Chamberlain(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 023N 009E 18 C Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On Ridge Between Hen And Five Mile Creeks

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Assays Showed 2.4 Grams Per Metric Tonne. Silver Is In Banded White Quartz Veins That Contain Less Than 1% Disseminated Pyrite.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Staining
  • (Local) Pyritization

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS SHOW 0.07 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granitic Rocks
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granitic Rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.40427, 45.33408
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Brecciation
Structure description Brecciation

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 DEG W
    Dip 70 DEG NE
    Length 45.72M
    Width 0.91M
    Depth to bottom 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Salmon River District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1304, 431 P

  • Deposit

    ELK CITY QUAD, IBMG MINES AND PROSPECT MAP SERIES, V.E. MITCHELL, ET. AL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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