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Bob Moore Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead, Tungsten
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070439
MRDS ID W013376
Record type Site
Current site name Bob Moore Creek Prospect
Related records 10145127

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.97952, 45.21179 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 4.8 MI N60W OF SALMON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salmon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(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 022N 021E 28 N2 OF NE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON S. SIDE OF BOB MOORE CR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Iron Stains, Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.97952, 45.21179
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissured And Brecciated Zones Of Ne Trend And Some Of Nw Trend

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1882

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1956, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SALMON QUADRANGLE, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 106, 102 P

  • Deposit

    1956 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 10

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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