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Park Creek Silver Prospect

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodity Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071088
MRDS ID W014302
MAS/MILS ID 0160370290
Record type Site
Current site name Park Creek Silver Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.88064, 44.39571 (WGS84)
Elevation 2530
Relative position 13.5 MI NNE OF STANLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Knapp Lakes(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 013E 01 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • At Base of Red Mtn. On N. Side Park Cr.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary

Analytical data

Result VEIN REPORTED TO CONTAIN UP TO 600 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Oligo-Mio Challis Volcanics-Andesite, Latite Tuff
    Rock description Oligo-Mio Challis Volcanics-Andesite, Latite Tuff
  • 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) -114.88064, 44.39571
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.61M

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 Yankee Fork District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ed Martin

Comments on the workings information

  • Prospect Pit

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Work Halted Because of Influx of Spring Water

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Choate, R., 1962, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Stanley Area: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 126, 120 P

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-3, No. 349, P. 184.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 04-NOV-1992 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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