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Kismet Prospect

Prospect in Washington county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Lead, Zinc, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  17. Land status
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070092
MRDS ID W012775
MAS/MILS ID 0160030095
Record type Site
Current site name Kismet Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.6854, 44.80457 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 13 MI W OF FRUITVALE

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 22,15 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Located On A Knoll Overlooking Hornet Creek.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitic, Potassic, Oxidation, Argillic

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Tourmaline Granite;Granodiorite;Quartz Diorite
    Rock description Tourmaline Granite;Granodiorite;Quartz Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Quartz diorite.
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw - Trending Fault

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture, Brecciation

Comments on the geologic information

  • Diamond Drill Holes Show The Deposit Oxidized Down To 500 Feet.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1964

Mining district

District name Cuddy Mountain District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • Prospect Is Heavily Trenched With Several Diamond Drill Holes.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Bruce, Wayne, 1971, Geology, Mineral Deposits And Alteration Of Parts Of The Cuddy Mountain District, Idaho: Corvallis, Oregon State Univ., Ph.D. Thesis, 165 P, P. 124.

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et Al., Mines And Prospects Of The Baker Quadrangle, IBMG, Mines And Prospects Map Series

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit The Tourmaline Granite Pipe Is Localized In Porphyritic Granodiorite That Was Intruded Where A Gabbro - Quartz Diorite Contact Intersects A Northwest Trending Fault.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1976 Benjamin, David A.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-MAR-1995 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

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