Hogback Quartz Prospect

Occurrence in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodity Copper
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093532
MRDS ID W014055
Record type Site
Current site name Hogback Quartz Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.02705, 44.68928 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Relative position 3.5 MI SE OF LITTLE SOLDIER MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Soldier Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Middle Fork Salmon(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)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 016N 012E 29 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1 MI SE FROM CONFLUENCE OF W. FK. THOMAS CREEK AND THOMAS CREEK LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result MATERIAL ASSAYED 0.05% CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Yellowjacket Formation-Schistose Quartzite
    Rock description Yellowjacket Formation-Schistose Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.02705, 44.68928

Economic information

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 Middle Fork District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: DEEP OVERBURDEN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1304, 431 P

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, BULL. 130

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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