East Fork of Mann Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Washington county in Idaho, United States with commodity Copper
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070156
MRDS ID W012871
MAS/MILS ID 0160870128
Record type Site
Current site name East Fork of Mann Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.9421, 44.59547 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position ABOUT 14 MI W OF CAMBRIDGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sturgill Peak(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 015N 005W 33 NE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG S BANK OF E FK OF MANN CR

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 7 STREAM SED SAMPLE TRACE ELEMENT ANALYSES RANGED 65 TO 105 PPM CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Seven Devils Volcanics
    Rock description Seven Devils Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.9421, 44.59547

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sturgill Peak Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SKURLA, S. J., 1974, GEOLOGY OF THE STURGILL PEAK AREA, WASHINGTON COUNTY, IDAHO: CORVALLIS, OREGON STATE UNIV., MS THESIS, 98 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THESIS AUTHOR TOOK A SERIES OF STREAM SAMPLES BASED ON LIMONITE-STAINED FLOAT SOME DISTANCE UPSLOPE; TWO SAMPLES WERE SLIGHTLY ANOMALOUS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 10-SEP-1992 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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