La Moyne Creek Pb-Ag Outcrop

Occurrence in Elmore county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073318
MRDS ID W019347
MAS/MILS ID 0160390759
Record type Site
Current site name La Moyne Creek Pb-Ag Outcrop

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.01373, 43.84209 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Relative position 6 MILES ENE OF ATLANTA, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elmore(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Atlanta East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Idaho City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North and Middle Forks Boise(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 Elmore

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006N 012E 22 SWSWSE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On E Side La Moyne Creek, 0.75 Mi Downstream From Old Mill Land Status Value Calculated 7-94 Using Gis Overlay Analysis With Usfs Land Ownership Boundaries, 1:126,720 Scale.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Lead Ore
Silver Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1 VEIN CHIP SAMPLE CONTAINED 50 PPM AG AND 300 PPM PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.01373, 43.84209

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 15 DEG E
    Dip 75 DEG NW
    Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Atlanta Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1970 RECON T. H. KIILSGAARD AND OTHERS, BULL. 1319-

  • Deposit

    V.E. MITCHELL, ET. AL; MINES AND PROSPECTS MAP SERIES, 1981, HAILEY QUAD.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Vein May Be A Continuation Of Pilot Knob Veins

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-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.