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Harris and Hume Prospect

Past Producer in Cassia county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead
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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. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070360
MRDS ID W013250
MAS/MILS ID 0160310036
Record type Site
Current site name Harris and Hume Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.60947, 42.31241 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 6 1/4 MI. W. N.W. OF CONNER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cassia(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Connor Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Walcott(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth 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 Cassia

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 013S 024E 11 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Near Head Of Conner Cr.. 2 Mi. W. Of Melcher Mine And 1/2 Mi. N. Of Golden Eagle

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyromorphite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Harrison Series, Quartzite
    Rock description Harrison Series, Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.60947, 42.31241
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciation; Property On W. Side Of Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, SEAMS
    Strike N 10 DEG E
    Dip 70 DEG NW
    Width 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Stokes District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 228.6M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1931, Geology And Mineral Resources Of Eastern Cassia County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin 14, 169 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JAN-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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