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Independence 1-5 Prospects

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070974
MRDS ID W014138
MAS/MILS ID 0160370288
Record type Site
Current site name Independence 1-5 Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.87314, 44.38798 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 6 MI NE OF POTATO MTN; 12.5 MI N NE OF STANLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Jordan(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

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 012N 014E 07 Idaho
Boise 012N 013E 12 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Fluorite Unknown

Analytical data

Result FIVE FT SAMPLE CUT ACROSS VEIN CONTAINED $20/TON OF GOLD AND SILVER

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Challis Volcanics-Rhyolite, Latite, Andesite
    Rock description Challis Volcanics-Rhyolite, Latite, Andesite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.87314, 44.38798
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Idaho Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Striking Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike NE
    Dip NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne Striking, Steeply Nw Dipping Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Yankee Fork District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Eddie Martin, Ralph Fieldman

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 10.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings Consist of Prospect Pit; and Two Adits, 25 Ft and 30 Ft.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Choate, Raoul, 1962, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Stanley Area, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology, Pamphlet 126, P. 9

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-3, No. 352, P. 185.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Yett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 04-NOV-1992 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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