| Deposit ID | 10071147 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W014381 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0160370121 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Greenback Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Greenback Prospects, Duquette Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -115.10284, 44.18098 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2499 |
| Relative position | 8.5 MI WSW OF STANLEY |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Custer(county)
Idaho(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Stanley Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Deadwood River(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
Sawtooth National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Idaho | Custer |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boise | 010N | 012E | 18,19 | Idaho |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | SAMPLES FOUND AU TRACE - .01 OZ/TON AND AG TRACE - 1.6 OZ./TON. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Idaho Batholith-Leucocratic Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| Rock description | Idaho Batholith-Leucocratic Quartz Monzonite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| (1) | -115.10284, 44.18098 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Gouge |
| General form | IRREGULAR LENS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N |
| Dip | W |
| Thickness | 4.88M |
| Length | 914.4M |
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1903 |
| Discoverer | H.G. Trainoff, J.C. Olsen In 1948 |
| District name | Stanley District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Challis National Forest |
| Ownership category | National Forest |
| Area name | Challis National Forest |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Greenback Mining Co. ( 1949 ) |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 27.43M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W014381 | |
| Idaho Geological Survey | Idaho Mines and Prospects | IMP | CH1110 | http://www.idahogeology.org/ |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0160370121 | data consolidated into this record |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0160370427 | data consolidated into this record |
Kiilsgaard, T. H., And Others, 1970, Mineral Resources Of The Sawtooth Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1319-D, 174p.
U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 9-92, 1992, P. 39-46.
U S Forest Service Planemetric Map Challis Nat Forest 1965
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1976 | Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 14-NOV-1983 | Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Reporter | 06-NOV-1992 | Peters | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.