Lost Eagle Claim

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, 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. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070828
MRDS ID W013930
MAS/MILS ID 0160370251
Record type Site
Current site name Lost Eagle Claim
Alternate or previous names Waneta, Sunrise, Metcalf

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.89704, 44.57738 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Relative position 25.5 MI N OF STANLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinyon Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 014N 013E 05 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On Divide Between Canyon and Deer Creek Cirques ; Lost Eagle Is Near and To the W of Sunrise Mine

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Analytical data

Result FROM GALENA: 10 OZ AG/UNIT PB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Rock unit name Porphyry Dikes;Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Porphyry Dikes;Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Mica Schist;Dolomitic Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.89704, 44.57738

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BANDS, INTERSTITIAL AREAS
    Strike N 5 DEG W
    Dip 85 DEG SW
    Width 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Loon Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gar Mines And Metals Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1911 - Shaft, Tunnel, Drift

Comments on development

  • Waneta Also Includes Sunrise, Metcalf Claims, See Form 113

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Umpleby, J. B., 1913, A Preliminary Account Of The Ore Deposits Of The Loon Creek District, Idaho: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 530, P. 66 - 74.

  • Deposit

    Green, W. R., 1968, Waneta: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open - File Rept.

  • Deposit

    Ross, C. P., 1934 , Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Casto Quadrangle, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 854 , 135 P.

  • Deposit

    Yinger, M. A., 1976 , Geology Of The Eastern Part Of The Loon Creek Mining District, Custer County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M.S. Thesis, P. 94 .

  • Deposit

    1913 Geolmap Umpleby, J. B., Bulletin 530

  • Deposit

    1968 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open - File Rept.

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 64-85, 1985, Table 2, No. 69, P. 72.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 04-NOV-1992 Willett U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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