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Wood River Lead-Zinc Prospect

Occurrence in Blaine 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011693
MRDS ID D006787
Record type Site
Current site name Wood River Lead-Zinc Prospect
Related records 10168399

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.41561, 43.79989 (WGS84)
Relative position 9 MI N 15 W OF KETCHUM ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Amber Lakes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Wood(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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)

Hemingway-Boulders Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 005N 017E 03 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED 1 MI. UP THE N. FK. OF THE BIG WOOD RIVER, ON THE E SIDE OF THE VALLEY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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) -114.41561, 43.79989
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Warm Spring District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS AND 700 FEET OF DRIFTS COMPRISED THE WORKINGS IN 1952

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. A D.M.E.A. APPLICATION FOR LOAN WAS MADE IN 1952 (DOCKET NO. 2373).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMODITY FILES, U.S.G.S., SPOKANE, WA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE D.M.E.A. DOCKET NO. 2373. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Lewis, Reed S. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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