Wilford Prospect

Prospect in Adams county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093460
MRDS ID W012975
MAS/MILS ID 0160030038
Record type Site
Current site name Wilford Prospect
Alternate or previous names National Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.7004, 45.09127 (WGS84)
Elevation 1448
Relative position 1/2 MI. W. OF CUPRUM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Adams(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cuprum(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 003W 04, 09 W2 (09) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Near The Head Of The First Ravine W Of Cuprum

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Ilmenite Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization, Epidotization, Sericite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Copper Cliffs Sequence-Keratophyric Volcanic Sandstone, Tuff Breccia
    Rock description Copper Cliffs Sequence-Keratophyric Volcanic Sandstone, Tuff Breccia
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.7004, 45.09127

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne Trending Units

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Seven Devils District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Comments on development

  • The Wilford Is One Claim In A Group Of 30 Known As The National Group

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Livingston, D. C., And Laney, F. B., 1920, The Copper Deposits Of The Seven Devils And Adjacent Districts: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin 1, P. 31.

  • Deposit

    Morganti, J. M., 1972, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Cuprum Area, Seven Devils Mining District, Hells Canyon, Idaho: Pullman, Wash., Wash. State Univ., M S Thesis, 153 P.

  • Deposit

    1920 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Bulletin

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 28-MAR-1995 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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