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Metheny Prospect

Occurrence in Washington county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070236
MRDS ID W012996
MAS/MILS ID 0160870008
Record type Site
Current site name Metheny Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.8466, 44.76627 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position ABOUT 11 1/2 MI NW OF CAMBRIDGE

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

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 004W 32 C SESE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR A GULCH WHICH RUNS INTO CAMP CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Iron Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Seven Devils Group-Conglomerate, Andesite, Rhyolite
    Rock description Seven Devils Group-Conglomerate, Andesite, Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.8466, 44.76627
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Domes And Folds

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR SEAMS AND STRINGERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cuddy Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest
Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Methany, W. F.
    First year 1925

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. 23

  • Deposit

    1925 RECON ID. BUR. MINE GEOL. PAMPHLET 1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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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