Panama Pacific Claims Prospect

Prospect in Adams county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070219
MRDS ID W012971
MAS/MILS ID 0160030013
Record type Site
Current site name Panama Pacific Claims Prospect
Alternate or previous names Victoria

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.6374, 45.18377 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 1 1/2 MI. N.E. OF HELENA; 6 1/2 MI. N.E. OF CUPRUM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Adams(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

White Monument(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Riggins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hells Canyon(hydrologic unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 Adams

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N 003W 01 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • In Devils Hollow About 1000 Ft. S. Of Deep Cr.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Rock unit name Hornblende Granite
    Rock description Hornblende Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.6374, 45.18377

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BUNCHES, SEAMS
    Strike NW.
    Dip 30 DEG. S.W.
    Thickness 0.46M
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joint Planes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890
Discoverer Charles Walker

Mining district

District name Seven Devils District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dr. W. M. Brown, F. F. Fife, And John L. Thompson

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • Few Shallow Pits, 1 Shaft

Comments on development

  • 3 Unpatented Claims.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Livingston, D. C., And Laney, F. B., 1920, The Copper Deposits Of The Seven Devils And Adjacent Districts: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin 1, P. 37 - 3

  • Deposit

    1920 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol., Bulletin

  • Deposit

    Close, T.J., And Others, Mineral Resources Of The Hells Canyon Wilderness Area And Portions Of The Hells Canyon National Recreation Study Area, Adams, Idaho, And Nez Perce Counties, Idaho, And Wallowa County, Oregon: Unpublished U.S. Bureau Of Mines File Report, P. 139.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 20-JAN-1993 Close, Terry J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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