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Grangeville Prospect

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Mineral rights holdings
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071495
MRDS ID W014921
MAS/MILS ID 0160490089
Record type Site
Current site name Grangeville Prospect
Alternate or previous names Joe Schoner, Denver Gold, Gold Zone

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.49488, 45.75847 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 5.5 MI SW OF ELK CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elk City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nez Perce-Clearwater 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 Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 028N 008E 16,17 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On Ridge North Of Relief Creek; 8 Miles From Elk City, 6 Miles From New Highway Up S. Fk. Clearwater River.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE AVG. $13/TON (1939)
Result AVG. MILLING ORE ASSAYED 0.49 OZ AU AND 0.2 OZ AG/TON. RATIO OF 16.8 TONS ORE TO 1 TON CONCENTRATES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Gneiss Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.49488, 45.75847
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 3048M
    Width 4.27M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1892
Discoverer Joe Schoner

Mining district

District name Orogrande District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Nez Perce National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Grangeville Gold Corp.

Comments on development

  • 1 Patented, 12 Unpatented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Lorain, S. H., 1938, Gold Mining And Milling In Idaho County: USBM Inf. Circ. 7039, 90 P.

  • Deposit

    Northwest Mining, 1939, Grangeville Gold Corporation: Northwest Mining, V. 5, No. 6, P. 7, 10.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: Early 1890's

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 10-OCT-1990 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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