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Bobtail Claim

Occurrence in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Zinc
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089062
MRDS ID W007941
Record type Site
Current site name Bobtail Claim
Related records 10193124

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.25237, 43.89018 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 3 1/4 MI SW OF HORSESHOE BEND, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Montour(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Payette(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006N 002E 05 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 3/4 MI E. OF ROCK CR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Pyritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Diorite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Diorite
    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) -116.25237, 43.89018
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Width 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name West View District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1897, THE MINING DISTRICTS OF THE IDAHO BASIN AND THE BOISE RIDGE, IDAHO: USGS 18TH ANN. REPT. PT. III P. 717

  • Deposit

    1897 GEOLMAP LINDGREN, 18TH ANN. REPT. PT. II

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Steigner, William D. U.S. Geological Survey

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