Mountain View Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071214
MRDS ID W014478
MAS/MILS ID 0160370159
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain View Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.70672, 44.00879 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Relative position 18.25 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 21 SENW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 3 SAMPLES CONTAINED FROM 2.6 - 17.8 OZ AG/TON
Result 1 SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.43% BISMUTH

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name White Cloud Stock-Granite Porphyry
    Rock description White Cloud Stock-Granite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.70672, 44.00879

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Champion Cr. Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 Pit

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.