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Lime Peak Prospect

Past Producer in Adams county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  17. Land status
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096221
MRDS ID W012796
MAS/MILS ID 0160030034
Record type Site
Current site name Lime Peak Prospect
Alternate or previous names Lime Peak Group, Lime Point Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.77911, 45.08706 (WGS84)
Elevation 640
Relative position IN THE SNAKE RIVER CANYON ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF HOMESTEAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Adams(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Homestead(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Riggins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Adams

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 020N 004W 11, 12 C N2SW (12) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Longitude Changed From 116-46-40s To 116-46-40w On 8/28/91.
  • Original coordinates for line#1 were: lat/long NAD27 45-4-45N 116-46-40W (45.07917 -116.77778); UTM N4991600 E517500 Z11N; PLSS line# 1: Meridian- Boise, TWNSHP 020N, RNG 004W, Sect 11, Sect_fract <blank>.
  • Claims Are In Secs. 12, 13, And 14, T. 5 S., R. 4 W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore
Epidote Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Sericitized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Seven Devils Volcanics-Tuff, Greenstone
    Rock description Seven Devils Volcanics-Tuff, Greenstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.77911, 45.08706
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults, One Strikes N. 42 Deg. E. And Dips 65 - 80 Deg. W.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Seven Devils District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 624.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • Mine Composed Of 3 Adits, 175, 350, And 1500 Ft Long.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Cook, E. F., 1954, Mining Geology Of The Seven Devils Region: Idaho Bur. Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 97, 22 P

  • Deposit

    1954 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol., Pamphlet 97

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Benjamin, David A.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1991 Johnson, Kathleen M. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 11-SEP-1995 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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