Hidden Lake Prospect (S. Altered Zone #1)

Prospect in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten, 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. Alteration
  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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073313
MRDS ID W019339
MAS/MILS ID 0160390655
Record type Site
Current site name Hidden Lake Prospect (S. Altered Zone #1)
Alternate or previous names Southern Altered Zone Prospect No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.98873, 44.00489 (WGS84)
Elevation 2835
Relative position 15 MI S 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

Mount Cramer(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)

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 008N 013E 19 C Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • E of Hidden Lake

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe And Mn - Stains

Analytical data

Result A SAMPLE OF ALTERED GRANITE CONTAINED TRACE AU, 700 PPM ( 0.07 % ) MO, 200 PPM W
Result A 2ND SAMPLE HAD ONLY TRACE AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Sawtooth Batholith-Granite
    Rock description Sawtooth Batholith-Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.98873, 44.00489

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAKS, PODS
    Width 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone ?

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Stanley And Hidden Lake Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: More Detailed Exploration Required

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Kiilsgaard, T. H., And Others, 1970, Mineral Resources Of The Sawtooth Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1319-D, 174p.

  • Deposit

    IBMG Mines & Prospects Of The Challis Quad, 1982, Mitchell

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 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.