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Lucky Strike Prospect

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Gold, Copper
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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. 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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070436
MRDS ID W013373
MAS/MILS ID 0160590201
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Strike Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.57091, 45.08129 (WGS84)
Elevation 2408
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 16 1/2 MI ESE OF SALMON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldstone Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lemhi(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 020N 024E 11 CENTER OF E2 OF NE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 7.5 Mi S82e Of Baker

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Yellowjacket Formation
    Rock description Yellowjacket
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.57091, 45.08129
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Bedding

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 18 W TO N 28 W
    Dip 25 NE
    Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original Structures entry:
    Local - Beds Strike N 18 To 28 Deg W, Dip 25 To 30 Deg Ne

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pratt Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 47.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • Several Short Adits

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1957, Geology And Mineral Resources Of The Baker Quadrangle, Lemhi Quadrangle, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 112, 71 P.

  • Deposit

    D.W. Peters, Salmon National Forest Files

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Several Veins, 2-4ft Thick

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1983 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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