Panther Prospect

Prospect in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Mica, Feldspar
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 10070831
MRDS ID W013933
MAS/MILS ID 0160850047
Record type Site
Current site name Panther Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.83377, 44.37298 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position 1 3/4 MI NE OF BOILING SPRING; 15 MI SE OF CASCADE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boiling Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deadwood River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Fork Payette(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Boise 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 Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 012N 005E 14 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Trail NE From Boiling - Spring Ranger Station To Prospect S. of Bryan Creek On E Wall of Mid. Fk. Valley 600 Ft. Above Stream.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Mica Tertiary
Feldspar Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Plagioclase Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite;Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite
    Rock description Pegmatite;Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.83377, 44.37298

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Length 218.72M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1944
Discoverer Erwin Mickey, Sheldon Bowers

Mining district

District name Unorganized District; Middle Fk. Payette R. Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Mica Books Reeved and Black - Stained

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-MAR-1995 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.