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Edgemont Group Prospect

Occurrence in Washington county in Idaho, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040444
MRDS ID M055229
MAS/MILS ID 0160870136
Record type Site
Current site name Edgemont Group Prospect
Alternate or previous names Curl

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.71379, 44.23317 (WGS84)
Relative position About 12 mi E of Weiser. S. of the Almaden on south slope of Nutmeg Mt.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Holland Gulch(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
010N 003W 04,05 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • S OF THE IDAHO ALMADEN ON S SLOPE OF NUTMEG MT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Opalitization

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.71379, 44.23317
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture, Joints

Comments on the geologic information

  • OPALITE IN SANDSTONE AND VOLCANICS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Weiser

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. W. And R. M. Curl And H. Midland

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERCURY IN IDAHO, 1965, USBM IC ,252

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C. P., 1956 , QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS NEAR WEISER, WASHINGTON COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1042-D, P. 100 .

  • Deposit

    MINES AND PROSPECTS OF THE BAKER QUAD., IBMG MINES AND PROSPECTS MAP SERIES, VE MITCHELL, ET AL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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