Hidden Lake Prospect (N. Altered Zone #2)

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Molybdenum, Beryllium
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073315
MRDS ID W019342
MAS/MILS ID 0160150300
Record type Site
Current site name Hidden Lake Prospect (N. Altered Zone #2)
Alternate or previous names Northern Altered Zone Prospect No. 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.00763, 44.01239 (WGS84)
Elevation 2926
Relative position 14.5 MI S OF STANLEY, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Warbonnet Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deadwood River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Payette(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Sawtooth Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008N 012E 24 SW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Molybdenum Secondary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe, Mn - Stains

Analytical data

Result 1 CHIP SAMPLE FROM MN RICH LENS HAD TRACES PB, AG, 150 PPM MO
Result A 2ND SAMPLE ACROSS 100 FT WIDTH ALTERED GRANITE HAD 70 PPM MO
Result A QUARTZ VEINLET HAD 70 PPM
Result A 4TH SAMPLE OF ALTERED GRANITE HAD 5 PPM AG, 200 PPM PB, 9000 PPM ZN, 100 PPM BE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Sawtooth Batholith-Granite
    Rock description Sawtooth Batholith-Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.00763, 44.01239

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, VEINLETS
    Length 22.86M
    Width 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone ?

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Stanley And Hidden Lake Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Needs Further Exploration To Determine Economic Value

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Kiilsgaard, T. H., And Others, 1970, Mineral Resources Of The Sawtooth Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1319-D, 174p.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Length and Width Above For Altered Zone; Mn Lens Are 1 - 3 Inches Wide and 2 - 4 Ft Long; Quartz Veinlets Are 1.5 Inches Wide

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 11-JUN-1992 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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