Combination Prospect

Occurrence in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Iron, Gold
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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071691
MRDS ID W015213
Record type Site
Current site name Combination Prospect
Related records 10218080

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.41516, 45.03848 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position 3.2 MI SW PROFILE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Profile Gap(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 Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 020N 008E 25 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • SE OF THE RED METAL

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Magnetite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result SELECTED ORE RAN $461/TON
Result OTHER RANDOM SAMPLES RAN $35 - $40/TON (1920)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite;Quartz Latite Porphyry
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite;Quartz Latite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Quartzite, Argillite, Limestone
    Rock description Quartzite, Argillite, Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.41516, 45.03848

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SEAMS, STRINGERS
    Strike N 10 DEG W
    Dip 35 DEG NE
    Thickness 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SULFIDE BODY FOUND IN QUARTZITE; MAGNETITE IN ARGILLITE AND LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Edwardsburg District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 121.92M
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall length 15.24M

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: MORAINAL MATERIAL IN AREA

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.

  • Deposit

    BELL, R. N., 1920, TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1919.

  • Deposit

    1920 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S ANNUAL REPT.

  • Deposit

    1936 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAGNETITE BODY IN LIMESTONE STRIKES N 30 DEG W, DIPS 65 DEG W; 3 VEINS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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