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Hardway

Prospect in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023013
MRDS ID FS00650
MAS/MILS ID 0160590639
Record type Site
Current site name Hardway

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.8881, 45.5394 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 2.0 MI S57E OF GIBBONSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gibbonsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wisdom(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 026N 022E 32 CENTER OF W2 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result FS MIN EXAM 1956 PLUMB ASSAY 1956 BLACK AND DEASON SALT LAKE CITY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Yellowjacket Formation
    Rock description Yellowjacket
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.8881, 45.5394
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Economic information

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 Gibbonsville District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • Single adit, caved (1976). Surface trenching

Comments on development

  • Developed in early 1950's. Leasee working in 1970's

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Forest Service Files, D.W. Peters, Salmon, Idaho

  • Deposit

    Dillon Quad, IBMG Mines And Prospect Map Series, V.E. Mitchell Et Al

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-76 Meier, M. Lorrie U.S. Forest Service
Updater 01-MAR-83 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-01 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Forest Service

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