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Union - Companion Prospect

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodity Lead
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093555
MRDS ID W014374
MAS/MILS ID 160370421
Record type Site
Current site name Union - Companion Prospect
Alternate or previous names Union, Companion

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.4114, 44.2572 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 3 MI W OF CLAYTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clayton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 011N 017E 25 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • S Side of Salmon R.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Kinnikinic Quartzite, Argillite
    Rock description Kinnikinic Quartzite, Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.4114, 44.2572
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1926
Discoverer R. W. Johnson, G. D. Acqua

Mining district

District name Bayhorse District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 9.14M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Ross, C. P., 1937, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Bayhorse Region, Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 877, 161 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-07-01 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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