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B and B No. 4 Claim

Occurrence in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Mercury, Antimony, Silver, Barium-Barite, Copper
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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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089220
MRDS ID W014866
Record type Site
Current site name B and B No. 4 Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.41316, 45.06208 (WGS84)
Elevation 2216
Relative position 1.1 MI BY ROAD FROM PROFILE SUMMIT TOWARD BIG CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Profile Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 020N 009E 19 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • IN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Antimony Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Boulangerite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Covellite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Muscovite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result MERCURY CONTENT OF SELECTED SAMPLES IS 0.5 - 5.0%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Felsic Granodiorite;Granite Porphyry Dikes
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Felsic Granodiorite;Granite Porphyry Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.41316, 45.06208
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLETS
    Strike N 35 DEG E
    Dip 75 DEG SE
    Width 8.53M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Possible Right - Lateral Offset And Repetition Of The Ore Body

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1964
Discoverer Ray Nissula

Mining district

District name Big Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ray Nissula
  • Type Owner
    Owner Frank Callender And Ray Nissula

Comments on development

  • GROUP OF B AND B UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEONARD, B. F., 1965, MERCURY-BEARING ANTIMONY DEPOSIT BETWEEN BIG CREEK AND YELLOW PINE, CENTRAL IDAHO: USGS PROF PAPER 525-B, P 23 - 28

  • Deposit

    1964 RECON B. F. LEONARD, PROF PAPER 525-

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Duncan, Daniel G. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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