Johnson Property

Prospect in Butte county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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. Mineral rights holdings
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096391
MRDS ID W015673
MAS/MILS ID 160230027
Record type Site
Current site name Johnson Property
Alternate or previous names B & N Group, Upper Johnson Prospect, Luscomb

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.0206, 43.9911 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591
Relative position 14.5 MI N OF HOWE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Howe NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Arco(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Idaho Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Lost(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008N 029E 29 NWSESE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • About 2 Mi N Of Wilbert Mine

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Smithsonite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Carbonatization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Saturday Mountain Formation-Quartzitic Dolomite, Quartzite
    Rock description Saturday Mountain Formation-Quartzitic Dolomite, Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.0206, 43.9911

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BUNCHES
    Width 0.36M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Slips

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original Alteration entry: Carbonatization
  • Original Ore Control entry: Slips

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 Dome District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Frank Byrd
    Home office Idaho
  • Type Operator
    Owner Ultican Minerals Ltd.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • 5000 Ft Diamond Drilling, 500 Ft. Of Workings.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, R. A., 1948 Reconnaissance Survey Of The Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Southwestern Portion Of Lemhi Range, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 80, 17 P.

  • Deposit

    Ross, C. P., 1933, The Dome Mining District, Butte County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 39, 12 P.

  • Deposit

    Umpleby, J. B., 1917, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Mackay Region, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 97, 129 P.

  • Deposit

    Griner, W. C., 1974, Seventy-First Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1973-1974, 98 P.

  • Deposit

    Umpleby, J. B., 1914, The Lead-Silver Deposits Of The Dome District, Id: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 540, P. 212-222.

  • Deposit

    Ross, C. P., 1961, Geology Of The Southern Part Of The Lemhi Range, Id: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1081-F, 260 P.

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 11-91, 1991, Appendix B, P. 47-56.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1977-03-01 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1992-06-10 Lipton, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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