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Trail Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  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 10071183
MRDS ID W014431
Record type Site
Current site name Trail Creek Prospect
Alternate or previous names Omaha Gulch
Related records 10144322

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.10564, 44.16488 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 2 MI W OF SAWTOOTH LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(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)

South Fork Payette(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 010N 012E 30 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe-Stains

Analytical data

Result RANDOM CHIP SAMPLES RANGED TRACE-0.04 OZ AU/TON AND TRACE-8.7 OZ AG/TON
Result 1 SAMPLE HAD 1.5% PB, 0.15% ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Basalt Dikes
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Basalt Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.10564, 44.16488
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Gouge, Brecciation

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike E
    Dip N
    Thickness 24.38M
    Length 304.8M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Stanley District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Kiilsgaard, T. H., And Others, 1970, Mineral Resources Of The Sawtooth Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1319-D, 174p.

  • Deposit

    1970 RECON KIILSGAARD, T. H., AND OTHERS, BULL. 1319-

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THICKNESS AND LENGTH ABOVE FOR LARGEST QUARTZ VEIN; 1 SHEAR ZONE IS 1000 FT LONG; THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER VEINS

Reporter information

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

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

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