White Cloud Prospect

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Zinc, Antimony
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10070964
MRDS ID W014125
MAS/MILS ID 0160370671
Record type Site
Current site name White Cloud Prospect
Alternate or previous names White Cloud #1-3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.67202, 44.07799 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Relative position 16.5 MI SE OF STANLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Washington Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(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)

Cecil D. Andrus-White Clouds Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 009N 015E 26 C Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 2 Mi N. of Blackman Peak, In Floor of Strawberry Basin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Jamesonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result A CHIP SAMPLE TAKEN ACROSS THE QUARTZ VEIN ASSAYED 0.02 OZ AU/TON, 12.8 OZ AG/TON, 6.4 % ZN, AND 1.99 % SB. SAMPLES OF ALTERED QUARTZITE ASSAYED AS MUCH AS 0.4 OZ AG/TON, 0.2 % PB, AND 0.4 % ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Milligen Formation-Quartzite
    Rock description Milligen Formation-Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.67202, 44.07799

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.61M
    Length 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • Fault Zone Strikes NE, Dips Steeply

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Fourth Of July Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 Prospect Pit

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1975 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 01-JUL-1992 Federspiel U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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