Mother Lode 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071756
MRDS ID W015299
MAS/MILS ID 0160490791
Record type Site
Current site name Mother Lode Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.25096, 45.20628 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 17 MI SE OF MACKAY BAR RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle 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)

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 022N 010E 32 NESENW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • E Side Of W Fk Of Mulligan Creek Between Little Gem No. 7 And Gold Reef Group. Land Status Value Calculated 7-94 Using GIS Overlay Analysis With USFS Land Ownership Boundaries, 1:126,720 Scale.; Previous Quad Designation = Grangeville 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.09 OZ AU, 0.08 OZ AG/TON
Result TRACE CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Rock unit name Ramey Ridge Equivalent-Syenite
    Rock description Ramey Ridge Equivalent-Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Rock unit name Yellowjacket Formation-Biotite Schist
    Rock description Yellowjacket Formation-Biotite Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.25096, 45.20628

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1914
Discoverer Charles Mahan

Mining district

District name Ramey Ridge District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 10.06M
    Overall length 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 Adit, 1 Trench, 3 Pits: Aligned N 80 Deg E

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Cater, F. W., And Others, 1973, Mineral Resources Of The Idaho Primitive Area And Vicinity, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1304, 431 P

  • Deposit

    Mines And Prospects Of The Elk City Quad., IBMG Mines And Prospects Map Series, Ve Mitchell, Et Al.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-74 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey SOURCES & UPGRADES EDITS
Editor 01-JUN-74 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-DEC-96 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.