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Little Bear Prospect

Prospect in Camas county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011583
MRDS ID D006606
MAS/MILS ID 0160250081
Record type Site
Current site name Little Bear Prospect
Alternate or previous names Robertson Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.76172, 43.80269 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 2 MI S55E OF THE VIENNA TOWNSITE, Within 1 Mi, Within 1 Mi, Within 1 Mi

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Frenchman Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Camas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006N 014E 35 Idaho
Boise 005N 014E 02, 03 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Located At The Headwaters At Loggy Creek.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wood River Formation
    Rock description Wood River Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.76172, 43.80269
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone
  • Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1942

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner C. J. Robertson
    Home office Hailey, Id.
    First year 1944

Comments on the workings information

  • Several Open Cuts Were The Only Workings In 1944

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Commodity Files, USGS, Spokane, Washington

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-81 Lewis, Reed S. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JAN-95 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) 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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