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Snowstorm Prospects

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Gold, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070816
MRDS ID W013915
MAS/MILS ID 0160590353
Record type Site
Current site name Snowstorm Prospects
Alternate or previous names Brough Property, Bryan Mine, Leonard

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.53233, 44.97379 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position .5 MI SW OF YELLOWJACKET MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yellowjacket(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 019N 016E 13, 24 W2 (13) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • At Base Of Slope At Edge Of Old Town Of Yellowjacket

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AU REPORTED TO BE $5 TO $7/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Yellowjacket Formation-Quartzitic And Limy Beds
    Rock description Yellowjacket Formation-Quartzitic And Limy Beds
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.53233, 44.97379
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR BUNCHES, STRINGERS, SEAMS
    Width 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • Yellowjacket Formation Strikes N 20 To 30 Deg W Where Not Extensively Fractured.
  • Original ore control entry:
    Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yellowjacket District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fred Brough

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 160.02M

Comments on the workings information

  • 16 Acres In Placer Claim, But Most Work Done On Lode.

Comments on development

  • 1 Patented Claim

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, Alfred L., 1953, Gold - Copper - Lead Deposits Of The Yellowjacket District, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 94, 41 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Some Quartz Seams Strike N 20 Deg W, Dip 40 Deg Sw.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 15-OCT-1990 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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