Alturas Prospect

Occurrence in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold
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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10070569
MRDS ID W013556
Record type Site
Current site name Alturas Prospect
Related records 10241314

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.3517, 43.4161 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position 7 1/2 MI SSW OF HAILEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bellevue(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fairfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Wood(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 001N 018E 18 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR HEAD OF A TRIBUTARY OF ROCK CR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result IRON OXIDES CARRY NO MORE THAN 2 OR 3 OZ AG, NOR MORE THAN 0.02 TO 0.03 OZ OF AU/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wood River Formation-Limestone
    Rock description Wood River Form.-Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.3517, 43.4161

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form FLAT, PIPE-LIKE
    Strike N
    Dip 25 DEG E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Footwall

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOSSAN BODY EXPOSED FOR 100 FT. AND IS SEVERAL FT. THICK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mineral Hill District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL TUNNELS AND AN INCLINED SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • 5 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., AND OTHERS, 1950, DETAILED GEOLOGY OF CERTAIN AREAS OF THE MINERAL HILL AND WARM SPRINGS MINING DISTRICTS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, PAMPHLET 90, P. 30 - 3

  • Deposit

    1949 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 9

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-02-01 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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