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Jameison Group

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071588
MRDS ID W015067
MAS/MILS ID 0160590688
Record type Site
Current site name Jameison Group
Alternate or previous names Friday Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.3553, 45.3583 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Relative position 15 MI NW OF LEESBURG; 3.75 MI WSW OF SHOUP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Creek Rapids(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 023N 018E 04 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • W. side Big Sheepeater Creek Canyon 1 mile above Jct. with Salmon River.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Biotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granite;Dikes-Pegmatite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granite;Dikes-Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Schist (Inclusion)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.3553, 45.3583
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Gouge

Ore body information

  • General form DISCONTINUOUS STRINGERS
    Strike N 75 DEG E
    Dip 60 DEG SE
    Width 0.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Jointing

Comments on the geologic information

  • Joint planes trend N 75 - 80 Deg E, Dip 60 Deg SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1926
Discoverer Fred Jameison

Mining district

District name Mineral Hill District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Gray, F. A., 1927, Ore Deposits Of The Mineral Hill District, Lemhi County, Idaho: Minneapolis, Minnesota, Univ. Of Minnesota, Ph D Thesi

  • Deposit

    Elk City Quad, IBMG, 1982, Mine And Prospect Map Series, V E Mitchell, Et Al

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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