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Hennessey Prospect

Prospect in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Mercury, Antimony
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071024
MRDS ID W014211
Record type Site
Current site name Hennessey Prospect
Related records 10217626

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.29406, 44.91268 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Relative position 3.5 MI E NE OF STIBNITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stibnite(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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 018N 009E 12 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Limestone
    Rock description Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.29406, 44.91268
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Strike N
    Dip NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yellow Pine District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Idaho Minerals Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, D. C., 1919, TUNGSTEN, CINNABAR, MANGANESE, MOLYBDENUM, AND TIN DEPOSITS OF IDAHO: UNIV. OF IDAHO SCHOOL OF MINES BULL. 2, V. 14, 72 P.

  • Deposit

    IDAHO DEPT. OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, 1975, FIRST ANNUAL REPORT, ADDENDUM, 95 P.

  • Deposit

    1975 COMPILE IDAHO DEPT. LABOR ANN. REPT. ADDENDU

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEINS - LARGER N 45 DEG W, 50 DEG NE CONTAINS CINNABAR; SMALLER VEIN N-S CONTAINS STIBNITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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