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Boulder Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Owyhee county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Antimony
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069887
MRDS ID W007644
Record type Site
Current site name Boulder Creek Prospect
Alternate or previous names Demming Group
Related records 10144626

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.69139, 42.90417 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 12 MILES SOUTH OF SILVER CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cinnabar Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Triangle(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Jordan Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(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 Owyhee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006S 003W 16 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Arsenic Gangue
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Silver City Granite-Granodiorite
    Rock description Silver City Granite-Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.69139, 42.90417
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Steele District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1219.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR TUNNELS AND A VERTICLE SHAFT. A 100 TON CAPACITY MILL WAS BUILT. ALL OPENINGS HAVE CAVED.

Comments on development

  • 36 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WALKER, WILLIAM PETER, JR., GEOLOGY OF A PART OF THE OWYHEE MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF SILVER CITY, IDAHO, MS THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, MOSCOW, IDAHO, 1965, 59 PP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1975-06-01 Moody, Ula L. U.S. Geological Survey

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