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Ants Creek Prospect

Past Producer in Adams county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079161
MRDS ID W028096
MAS/MILS ID 0160030037
Record type Site
Current site name Ants Creek Prospect
Alternate or previous names Antz Creek Mine, Canyon View Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.80931, 45.04516 (WGS84)
Elevation 716
Relative position 2 MI NE OF HOMESTEAD, OREGON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Adams(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Homestead(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Riggins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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 Adams

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 020N 004W 27 NE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On N Wall Of Ants Creek Canyon Between 500 And 600 Ft In Elevation Above The First Switchback In Kleinschmidt Grade

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Clay Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Diabase;Hunsaker Creek Formation-Tuffs, Sandstone
    Rock description Diabase;Hunsaker Creek Formation-Tuffs, Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.80931, 45.04516
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, STRINGERS
    Strike ENE
    Dip 50 DEG N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Seven Devils District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Canyon View Development Co.
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1975

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 73.15M

Comments on the workings information

  • Two Accessible Adits, One Drift

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Vallier, T. L., And Brooks, H. C., 1970 , Geology And Copper Deposits Of The Homestead Area, Oregon And Idaho: The Ore Bin, V. 32 , No. 3 , P. 5

  • Deposit

    Close, T.J., And Others, Mineral Resources Of The Hells Canyon Wilderness Area And Portions Of The Hells Canyon National Recreation Study Area, Adams, Idaho, And Nez Perce Counties, Idaho, And Wallowa County, Oregon: Unpublished U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open File Report, P. 85-88.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1978 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 12-MAY-1995 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

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