Antimony Prospect

Prospect in Butte county in Idaho, United States with commodity Antimony
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. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071901
MRDS ID W015664
MAS/MILS ID 0160230016
Record type Site
Current site name Antimony Prospect
Alternate or previous names Pickup

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.61528, 43.5307 (WGS84)
Elevation 1905
Relative position 17 MI WSW OF ARCO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Champagne Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Arco(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Idaho Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Walcott(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 002N 024E 04, 05 NWSW (05) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Along N Branch Of Lava Creek About 1.25 Mi N Of Hub Mine; Outcrop Near Stream

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cervantite Ore
Stibiconite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Limestone;Quartzite
    Rock description Limestone;Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.61528, 43.5307

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SHOOT
    Length 6.1M
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Or Crush Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • Limestone And Quartzite Both Strike N 30 Deg E And Dip Se

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 Lava Creek District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • Short Caved Tunnel, Several Small Cuts

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1929, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Lava Creek District, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 32, 70 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JAN-1995 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.