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Section 8 Prospect No. 2

Occurrence in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073319
MRDS ID W019349
Record type Site
Current site name Section 8 Prospect No. 2
Related records 10289569

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.96733, 43.86409 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Relative position 9 MI NE OF ATLANTA, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marshall Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006N 013E 08 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Oxide-Stains

Analytical data

Result 1 CHIP SAMPLE ALONG VEIN CONTAINED 0.12 PPM AU, 7 PPM AG, 200 PPM PB

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.96733, 43.86409
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 DEG E
    Dip 75 DEG SE
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 121.92M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sawtooth District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth 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-

Reporter information

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

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