Mountain Home Quartz Vein

Occurrence in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodity Silver
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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071208
MRDS ID W014470
MAS/MILS ID 0160370152
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Home Quartz Vein

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.67842, 44.07489 (WGS84)
Elevation 2835
Relative position 16.5 MI SE OF STANLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Washington Peak(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

Sawtooth National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Cecil D. Andrus-White Clouds Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 009N 015E 27 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1 CHIP SAMPLE ACROSS VEIN: 0.1 OZ AG/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wood River Formation-Limestone, Quartzite
    Rock description Wood River Formation-Limestone, Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.67842, 44.07489

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 DEG W
    Dip 90 DEG
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 91.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mountain Home Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 29-JUN-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.