Hematite Prospect

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity Iron
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071952
MRDS ID W015741
MAS/MILS ID 0160590257
Record type Site
Current site name Hematite Prospect
Alternate or previous names Reese Creek Iron Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.5208, 44.8303 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 5 MI SE OF LEMHI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lemhi(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lemhi(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 017N 025E 06 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • High on slope NW of Reese Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Martite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Swauger Quartzite
    Rock description Swauger Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.5208, 44.8303

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ene Shear Zone
Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciation; Vein May Be Cut On E By A Fault

Ore body information

  • General form ERRATIC, SPORATIC BUNCHES
    Length 42.67M
    Width 12.19M
  • General form ERRATIC, SPORATIC BUNCHES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1957
Discoverer Carroll Wells And Associates

Mining district

District name Mcdevitt District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 42.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 bulldozed benches; road to property

Comments on development

  • 14 Claims ; mineralization zone partly concealed by slide debris

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1961, Geology And Mineral Resources Of The Lemhi Quadrangle, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 124, 111 P

  • Deposit

    1961 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 124

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Vein trends from N 60 Deg W in lower bench to N 79 to 80 Deg W in upper bench

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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