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Tennessee Mountain Prospects

Occurrence in Owyhee county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069931
MRDS ID W007720
Record type Site
Current site name Tennessee Mountain Prospects
Related records 10256637, 10192625

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.77986, 43.04905 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 3 MI NW 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

De Lamar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murphy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(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

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 Owyhee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 004S 004W 26 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • N. OF DEWEY AND FLORIDA MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Silver City Rhyolite-Rhyolite;Basalt Latite Unit-Basalt And Latite
    Rock description Silver City Rhyolite-Rhyolite;Basalt Latite Unit-Basalt And Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.77986, 43.04905
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Gouge; Brecciation

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS
    Strike N 15 DEG E
    Dip 75 DEG W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Carson District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 283.46M

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: LOW VALUES IN NARROW SEAMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHER, R. R., 1968, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF A PORTION OF THE SILVER CITY REGION, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 138, 106 P

  • Deposit

    1968 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 13

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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