Stonebreaker Prospect

Occurrence in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071673
MRDS ID W015185
MAS/MILS ID 0160490198
Record type Site
Current site name Stonebreaker Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.20406, 45.39208 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position 17.75 MI SE OF DIXIE RANGER STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Meadow of Doubt(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(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

Payette National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 024N 010E 27 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Close To W Fk Chamberlain Creek; On Nw Slope Of The Basin Land Status Value Calculated 7-94 Using GIS Overlay Analysis With USFS Land Ownership Boundaries, 1:126,720 Scale.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result A 22 - FT VEIN ASSAYED $8 AU/TON AT TOP AND $30 AU/TON AT BOTTOM OF VEIN.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.20406, 45.39208

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 6.71M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chamberlain Basin District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Stonebreaker, Al

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 15.24M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Shenon, P. J., And Ross, C. P., 1936, Geology And Ore Deposits Near Edwardsburg And Thunder Mountain, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 44, 45 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 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.