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Houlahan Prospect

Prospect in Washington county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Mineral rights holdings
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070232
MRDS ID W012990
MAS/MILS ID 0160870006
Record type Site
Current site name Houlahan Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.8582, 44.76597 (WGS84)
Elevation 1189
Relative position ABOVE HERCULES MINE; ABOUT 6 MI N OF HUNTINGTON, OREGON

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Rhyolite;Columbia River Basalt
    Rock description Rhyolite;Columbia River Basalt
    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 Limestones And Shales
    Rock description Limestones And Shales

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.8582, 44.76597
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Domes And Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Rhyolite - Limestone Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cuddy Mountain District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Houlahan, Alex
    First year 1925

Comments on development

  • MOST OF THE EXPLORATORY WORK HAS BEEN DONE IN THE RHYOLITE, CLOSE TO ITS CONTACT WITH THE OVERLYING LIMESTONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, D. C., 1925, RECON. OF THE MINERAL AND CUDDY MOUNTAIN DISTRICTS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 13, P. 2

  • Deposit

    1925 RECON ID. BUREAU OF MINES GEOL. PAMPHLET 1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Nakai, Terry L.; 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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