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Fault Zone Deposit

Occurrence in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Molybdenum
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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 10070764
MRDS ID W013845
Record type Site
Current site name Fault Zone Deposit
Related records 10265311

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.98533, 43.85909 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Relative position 8.5 MI. NE OF ATLANTA, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marshall 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 Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006N 013E 18 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1000 FT. SW OF DIVIDE BETWEEN ALTURAS LAKE CREEK AND MATTINGLY CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result CHIP SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.27 PPM AU
Result 0.2 PPM AG
Result 15 PPM MO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.98533, 43.85909
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciation

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 DEG E
    Dip STEEP NW
    Width 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sawtooth District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Kiilsgaard, T. H., And Others, 1970, Mineral Resources Of The Sawtooth Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1319-D, 174p.

  • Deposit

    1970 OTHER T. H. KIILSGAARD AND OTHERS, BULL. 1319-

Reporter information

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

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