McClure Prospect

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Antimony, Arsenic, 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. 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071102
MRDS ID W014321
MAS/MILS ID 0160370310
Record type Site
Current site name McClure Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.67173, 44.37709 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Relative position 17 MI NE OF STANLEY; 2 7/8 MI W OF BONANZA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Custer(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 015E 11 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • W. Side Fourth of July Cr. Just Over Ridge.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Challis Volcanics-Andesite
    Rock description Challis Volcanics-Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.67173, 44.37709

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Minor Faults

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS
    Strike N 70 DEG E
    Dip 45 DEG NW
    Thickness 0.15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • 1 Fault Strikes N 80 Deg E and Dips 65 Deg Nw, Another Strikes N 74 Deg E, Dips 60 Deg Nw.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
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

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 Tunnels

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1949, Silver - Gold Deposits Of The Yankee Fork District, Custer County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 83, 37 P

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-3, No. 447, P. 211.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 Veins

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 04-NOV-1992 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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