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Apex Prospect

Occurrence in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, 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. 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. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070056
MRDS ID W007936
Record type Site
Current site name Apex Prospect
Related records 10192712

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.22677, 43.90158 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position 1 1/2 MI WSW OF HORSESHOE BEND, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horseshoe Bend(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Payette(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 007N 002E 28 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1/4 MI N. OF THE BALLENTYNE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Pyritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Diorite Porphyrite
    Rock description Diorite Porphyrite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granodiorite and two-mica granite.
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name West View Dist

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ONLY SLIGHTLY DEVELOPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1897, THE MINING DISTRICTS OF THE IDAHO BASIN AND THE BOISE RIDGE, IDAHO: USGS 18TH ANN. REPT., PT. III, P. 717

  • Deposit

    1897 GEOLMAP LINDGREN, 18TH ANN. REPT., PT. II

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Steigner, William D. U.S. Geological Survey

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