Reconstruction Vein

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Bismuth, 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071213
MRDS ID W014477
MAS/MILS ID 0160370035
Record type Site
Current site name Reconstruction Vein
Alternate or previous names Washington Basin

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.65282, 44.00709 (WGS84)
Elevation 2941
Relative position 20.25 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008N 015E 23 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Between Empire and Yacomella Veins

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES AVERAGED 0.03 OZ AU AND 0.13 OZ AG/TON. A SINGLE SAMPLE YIELDED 0.09% WO3 AND 0.18% BI

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name White Cloud Stock-Quartz Monzonite Porphyry, Quartz Diorite
    Rock description White Cloud Stock-Quartz Monzonite Porphyry, Quartz Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Wood River Formation-Quartzite
    Rock description Wood River Formation-Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.65282, 44.00709

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N 40 DEG E
    Dip 45 DEG SE
    Length 533.4M
    Width 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name East Fork District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 175.26M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 Adits

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1975 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 29-JUN-1992 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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