Blue Bouy Prospect

Occurrence in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070712
MRDS ID W013762
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Bouy Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.49672, 43.98409 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 11.25 MI. NE OF GALENA, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ryan Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008N 017E 31 C NE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.09% CU
Result 0.02% PB
Result 0.34% ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Dev Milligen Formation-Argillaceous Limestone
    Rock description Dev Milligen Formation-Argillaceous Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.49672, 43.98409

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upper East Fork Salmon River District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT PITS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 01-MAR-1995 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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