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Freeze Prospect

Occurrence in Washington county in Idaho, United States with commodity 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. 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 10070087
MRDS ID W012768
MAS/MILS ID 0160870013
Record type Site
Current site name Freeze Prospect
Alternate or previous names Freeze, Head of Hornet Cr.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.736, 44.81293 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 8 MI ESE OF BROWNLEE DAM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crooked River Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McCall(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

Payette National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 017N 003W 18 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • HEAD OF HORNET CREEK
  • LOCATED ON HEAD OF HORNET CREEK ONLY A SHORT DISTANCE BELOW THE FOREST SERVICE CABIN ON CUDDY MOUNTAIN (LIVINGSTON, 1925). NOTE: THIS AREA WAS FIELD CHECKED BY BUREAU OF MINES PERSONNEL IN 1992; THIS SITE COULD NOT BE LOCATED. THE LOCATION, AS GIVEN IN THE CITED REFERENCE, IS PLACED AT THE FOREST SERVICE GUARD STATION IN THE E/2 SEC. 30, T. 17 N., R. 3 W. HOWEVER, THE SITE COULD POSSIBLY BE UNDER ONE OF THE HORNET CREEK CREEK RESERVOIRS IN N/2 SEC. 20.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROBABLY A CONSIDERABLE TONNAGE OF OXIDIZED ORE PRESENT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.736, 44.81293
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture In Granodiorite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Mr. Freeze Of Council

Mining district

District name Cuddy Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED FT OF PITS AND SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, D. C., 1925, A GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE MINERAL AND CUDDY MTN. MINING DISTRICTS, WASH. AND ADAMS CO., ID: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 13, 24 P

  • Deposit

    1925 RECON IBMG PAMPHLET 13, 24 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Benjamin, David A.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-MAR-1995 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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