Ella Prospect

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071141
MRDS ID W014372
MAS/MILS ID 0160370419
Record type Site
Current site name Ella Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.41172, 44.27659 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 1 MI NW CLAYTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clayton(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 011N 017E 13 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Kinnikinic Quartzite;Bayhorse Dolomite
    Rock description Kinnikinic Quartzite;Bayhorse Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.41172, 44.27659

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Zone Of Thrust Faulting, Clayton Anticline

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bayhorse District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • Several Tunnels, Longest 1600 Ft.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Umpleby, J. B., 1913, Some Ore Deposits In Northwestern Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bull. 539, 104 P

  • Deposit

    1913 Geolmap Umpleby, J. B., Bull. 53

  • Deposit

    Ross ,Clyde P., U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin No 877 P. 138 139

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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