Consolidated Property

Prospect in Washington county in Idaho, United States with commodity Mercury
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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040396
MRDS ID M055152
MAS/MILS ID 0160870086
Record type Site
Current site name Consolidated Property
Alternate or previous names Consolidated Properties, Consolidated Quicksilver, Hoover

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.75789, 44.33567 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position 13 MI. N. E. OF WEISER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mann Creek SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Weiser(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Weiser(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 012N;011N 004W;003W 36;07 SWNE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO SEC 6,7, T11N, R3W. UTM TO PROSPECT SYMBOL SEC 36

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification; Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Basalt
    Rock description Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Payette Formation-Sandstone, Shale, Conglomerate
    Rock description Payette Formation-Sandstone, Shale, Conglomerate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.75789, 44.33567

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 DEG W
    Dip NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zones, Joints

Comments on the geologic information

  • OPALITE IN SANDSTONE

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 Weiser

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Owned

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCHES, SHAFTS, A TUNNEL AND DRILLHOLES

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY COMPOSED OF 69 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    ROSS, CLYDE, 1956 , QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS NEAR WEISER, WASH. COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1042-D, P. 79 - 104

  • Deposit

    1956 COMPILE ROSS, CLYDE, BULL. 1042-

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRIKE OF FRACTURE ZONES VARIES N 15 - 60 DEG W AND DIPS NE AND SW

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1973 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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