Johnson Creek Prospect No. 2

Occurrence in Elmore county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Bismuth, Molybdenum
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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073320
MRDS ID W019350
Record type Site
Current site name Johnson Creek Prospect No. 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.21484, 43.97548 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position 13 MI NNW 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

Nahneke Mountain(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 007N 010E 01 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • N Of Trail Along Johnson Creek And 1 Mi S Of Big Buck Mountain

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result A 4 INCH SAMPLE ACROSS FOOTWALL VEIN ASSAYED 0.004 OZ AU, 9.6 OZ AG/TON, 1.0 % CU, 0.2 % PB, 0.07 % ZN, 0.3 % BI, 1.0 % MO, TRACE SN

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.21484, 43.97548

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS
    Strike N 30 DEG E
    Dip 40 DEG NW
    Thickness 0.15M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Black Warrior District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 Adit

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, Bulletin 1319-

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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