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Desert Group Prospect

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity Cobalt
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090827
MRDS ID D006567
Record type Site
Current site name Desert Group Prospect
Alternate or previous names Penn-Idaho Mines Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.22399, 45.09628 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 0.5 MI N60E OF BLACKBIRD, IDAHO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cobalt(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 020N 019E 2;3;4 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 25 CLAIMS RUN UP THE RIDGE NE OF THE BLACKBIRD TOWNSITE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.22399, 45.09628
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form FRACTURE COATINGS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blackbird District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner P. N. Shockey; W. R. Oref
    Home office Box 92, Salmon, Id.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Penn-Idaho Mines, Inc.
    Home office 555 Schoonmaker Ave, Monessen Penn.

Comments on development

  • THE DESERT GROUP OF CLAIMS, MOJAVE 1-12 AND SAHARA 1-13 WERE STAKED IN 1957. D.M.E.A. DOCKET NO. 4999 INCLUDES THE BIG NICKLE GROUP OF CLAIMS 4 MI W OF THE DESERT GROUP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMODITY FILES, USGS, SPOKANE WA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE D.M.E.A. DOCKET NO. 4999 ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-80 Lewis, Reed S. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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