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Hard Climb Prospect

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071030
MRDS ID W014219
MAS/MILS ID 0160590369
Record type Site
Current site name Hard Climb Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.7125, 44.93 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 31 MI E OF STIBNITE; 38 MI. NW OF CHALLIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aparejo Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork 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)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 018N 015E 04 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Pit 600 yds below crest of ridge N. of Aparejo Creek, on N. side ridge Land Status Value Calculated 7-94 Using GIS Overlay Analysis With USFS Land Ownership Boundaries, 1:126,720 Scale.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Covellite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result HAND SPECIMEN ASSAYED 7 % CU, 12 OZ AG/TON, $0.80 AU/TON.

Nearby scientific data

(1) Challis Volcanic Group.
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.36M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • Fault zone strikes N 15 Deg W, dips 80 Deg SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1957

Mining district

District name Unorganized District; Valley - Lemhi Co. Line Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bill Sullivan, Stan Tappan, A. M. Huffman

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 12.19M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 claim; 1 trench 18 ft deep.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Choate, R., 1961, Hard Climb Prospect: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open - File Report

  • Deposit

    1961 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open - File Rept

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 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.

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