Lucky Hunter Group

Prospect in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Mineral rights holdings
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071760
MRDS ID W015304
MAS/MILS ID 0160590557
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Hunter Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.60264, 45.02678 (WGS84)
Elevation 2469
Relative position 3 MI SW OF HOODOO LANDING FIELD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hoodoo Meadows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(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

Salmon-Challis 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 020N 016E 28, 33 SE (28) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On Ridge Between Wilson And Hoodoo Creeks Land Status Value Calculated 7-94 Using GIS Overlay Analysis With USFS Land Ownership Boundaries, 1:126,720 Scale.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe Stain

Analytical data

Result 3 GOSSAN AND CHIP SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.02 TO 0.09% CU, TRACE TO 0.07% PB, TRACE TO 1.14 OZ AU/TON, AND TRACES AG AND ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Hoodoo Quartzite Or Yellowjacket Formation-Quartzite
    Rock description Hoodoo Quartzite Or Yellowjacket Formation-Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.60264, 45.02678

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Boxwork, Scattered Slickensides

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Width 0.03M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding
  • Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • Quartzite Trends N 56 Deg W, Dips 41 Deg Ne
  • Original alteration entry:

    Local - Fe Stain

  • Original ore control entry:

    Bedding And Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Middle Fork District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner John O'Conner, Fred S. Bidwell

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Estimated Potential Resource Of Several Thousand Tons

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings Consist Of A Caved Adit, A Sloughed Shaft, And Four Small Exploration Trenches Or Pits.

Comments on development

  • Relocated 1965 By John O'Conner And Fred S. Bidwell

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Cater, F. W., And Others, 1974, Mineral Resources Of The Idaho Primitive Area And Vicinity, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1304, 431 P

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 64-85, 1985, Table 6, No. 3, P. 122.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 09-FEB-1994 Olson U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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