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Fortune Deposit

Occurrence in Idaho 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071642
MRDS ID W015143
MAS/MILS ID 0160490130
Record type Site
Current site name Fortune Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.67678, 45.59237 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position .5 MI N OF CONCORD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buffalo Hump(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Chamberlain(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(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 026N 006E 14 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

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) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Quartz Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.67678, 45.59237
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Buffalo Hump District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Nez Perce National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Buffalo Hump Dev. Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    Doubleday, D. G., 1901, Buffalo Hump, Idaho: Mines And Minerals, V. 21, No. 7, P. 296-298

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1976 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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