Last Resort Vein

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Tungsten
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070967
MRDS ID W014129
MAS/MILS ID 0160370007
Record type Site
Current site name Last Resort Vein
Alternate or previous names Margie Bell Vein, Washington Basin

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.65672, 44.00769 (WGS84)
Elevation 2987
Relative position 20 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008N 015E 23 SENE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified, Oxidized

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES OF VEIN AVG 0.05 OZ AU AND 1.0 OZ AG/TON. SAMPLES OF TACTITE AVG. 0.01 OZ AU/TON, 0.1 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name White Cloud Stock-Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
    Rock description White Cloud Stock-Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wood River Formation-Limestone, Quartzite;Tactite
    Rock description Wood River Formation-Limestone, Quartzite;Tactite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.65672, 44.00769

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N 50 DEG E
    Dip 50 DEG SE
    Thickness 3.66M
    Length 853.44M
    Depth to bottom 365.76M

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 East Fork District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 12.5M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 Adits, 6 Dozer Cuts and 22 Pits

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Numerous Mines and Claims In Area.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 29-JUN-1992 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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