1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Argentine Prospect

Occurrence in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070702
MRDS ID W013749
Record type Site
Current site name Argentine Prospect
Related records 10240877

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.63122, 43.86709 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 1.5 MI. SE OF GALENA, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Galena(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(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

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 Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006N 016E 07 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Iron - Oxide Stains

Analytical data

Result ONE SELECT SAMPLE
Result 0.04 OZ. AU/TON
Result 21.4 OZ. AG/TON
Result ONE CHIP SAMPLE
Result NO AU OR AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wood River Formation-Limestone
    Rock description Wood River Formation-Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.46M
    Length 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Galena District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO PITS

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site