Duerden Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071524
MRDS ID W014964
MAS/MILS ID 0160490199
Record type Site
Current site name Duerden Prospect
Alternate or previous names Durden Mine, Morgan Whistler

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.91238, 45.33677 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Relative position 6.2 MI BY ROAD N OF BURGDORF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burgdorf(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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 023N 004E 13 NENENW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On Quartz Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal
  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result 1 SAMPLE ASSAYED 4.8 OZ AG/TON, 6% PB, 31% ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.91238, 45.33677

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 DEG W
    Dip 90 DEG
    Width 4.27M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing
  • Shearing

Comments on the geologic information

  • Lorain (1938) Calls Host Rock Hydrothermally Altered Granitic Rocks; Jones (1959) Says Gneissic Marbles In Gneiss With Metallization Controlled By South Surface Of Marble

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Burgdorf District
District name Marshall Lake District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jack Duerdon
    Interest 100
    Home office Idaho
    First year 1943
  • Type Operator
    Owner C. W. Daughs
    Interest 100
    Home office Oregon
    First year 1943

Comments on the workings information

  • Adits, Open Cuts

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    Jones, R. W., 1959, Durden Mine: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open-File Rept.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 15-MAY-1995 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references