Hercules Group Prospect

Occurrence in Washington county in Idaho, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Gold, Copper, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070089
MRDS ID W012771
Record type Site
Current site name Hercules Group Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.8604, 44.76547 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Relative position ABOUT 5 MI SE 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

Cuddy Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McCall(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(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
Boise 017N 004W 31 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LIES .5 MILES WEST OF THE BELMONT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hyrothermal Alteration, Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Seven Devils Group Rhyolite
    Rock description Seven Devils Group Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Martin Bridge Formation-Limestone;Lucile Series-Shale
    Rock description Martin Bridge Formation-Limestone;Lucile Series-Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.8604, 44.76547

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cuddy Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Anglo - Bomarc Mines, Ltd.,
    Home office Spokane, Wa.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 TUNNELS HAVE BEEN DRIVEN; ONE STARTS IN THE RHYOLITE AND THE OTHER IN LIMEY SHALES

Comments on development

  • 65 CLAIMS, DDH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IDAHO DEPT. OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, FIRST ANNUAL REPORT ADDENDUM, JULY 1, 1974 - JUNE 30, 1975, 95 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINING NEWS, MAR. 14, 1975.

  • Deposit

    1925 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 13

  • Deposit

    1975 COMPILE IDAHO DEPT. LABOR FIRST ANN. REPT. ADDENDUM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-75 Benjamin, David A. U.S. Geological Survey SOURCES & UPGRADES EDITS
Editor 01-OCT-75 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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