War Eagle Peak Prospect

Occurrence in Cassia 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070369
MRDS ID W013263
Record type Site
Current site name War Eagle Peak Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.10395, 42.10991 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Relative position 9 1/4 MI. N.E. OF STREVELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cassia(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Pine Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Curlew Valley(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 015S 029E 20 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR TOP OF WAR EAGLE PEAK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Brazer Formation, Limestone
    Rock description Brazer Formation, Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.10395, 42.10991

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Black Pine District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • GLORY HOLE AND SHAFT EXPLORE VEIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1931, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EASTERN CASSIA COUNTY, ID.: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 14, 169 P

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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