Hamilton-Hillsman Claim

Prospect in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071816
MRDS ID W015386
MAS/MILS ID 0160490709
Record type Site
Current site name Hamilton-Hillsman Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.18456, 45.39818 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 3 MI N OF LODGEPOLE POINT

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 26 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Claim Is On The Ridge Between Game Creek And Dog Creek,About 2 Miles Northeast Of The Chamberlain Airstrip.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Samples Contained A Trace Gold, 1.7-35.6 Grams Silver Per Tonne, 3.4 To 13.7 Grams Copper Per Tonne And A Trace Lead.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1 CHIP, 2 GRAB SAMPLES CONTAINED TRACE AU, 0.05, 1.04, 0.28 OZ AG/TON, AND 0.10, 0.40, 0.11% CU, RESPECTIVELY.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Dike-Pegmatite;Idaho Batholith-Granitic Rock
    Rock description Dike-Pegmatite;Idaho Batholith-Granitic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.18456, 45.39818

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.66M
    Length 42.67M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1956
Discoverer Nat Hillsman

Mining district

District name Chamberlain District

Land status

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

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

    Elk City Quad, IBMG Mines And Prospect Map Series, V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 25-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.