Silver King Prospect

Occurrence in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Zinc, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070628
MRDS ID W013639
Record type Site
Current site name Silver King Prospect
Related records 10265391

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.98986, 43.98158 (WGS84)
Relative position 3.5 MI. NW OF PLACERVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Placerville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Idaho City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Payette(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Boise 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 Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 007N;008N 004E;004E 04;33 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1.5 MI. NE QUARTZBURG

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.98986, 43.98158

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: DIABASE DIKE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Granite Cr. Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BELL, R. N., 1935, THE GOLD RESOURCES OF IDAHO: THE MINING AND CONTRACTING REVIEW, V. 37, NO. 34, P. 6 -

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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