Tyrolese Prospect

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Controls for ore emplacement
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Land status
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10093568
MRDS ID	W014489
MAS/MILS ID	0160370013
Record type	Site
Current site name	Tyrolese Prospect
Alternate or previous names	Reed and Davidson Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-114.63372, 44.00159 (WGS84)
Elevation	2807
Relative position	21.5 MI SE OF STANLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Washington Peak(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

Sawtooth 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	Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Boise	008N	015E	24		Idaho

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Silver	Primary
Lead	Secondary
Zinc Critical	Secondary
Gold	Tertiary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Galena	Ore
Pyrite	Gangue
Quartz	Gangue

Analytical data

Result	5 SAMPLES: 0.01 OZ AU/TON, 3.0 OZ AG/TON, 2 SAMPLES CONTAINED AS MUCH AS 0.80% PB, 0.82% ZN.

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Host

Rock type

Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Rock unit name

Wood River Formation-Quartzite

Rock description

Wood River Formation-Quartzite

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Pennsylvanian
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-114.63372, 44.00159	ListMap

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type	Underground
Development status	Prospect
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	East Fork District

Land status

Ownership category	National Forest
Area name	Sawtooth National Forest

Comments on the workings information

3 Adits, 1 Inclined Shaft

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W014489
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0160370013	data consolidated into this record
Idaho Geological Survey	Idaho Mines and Prospects	IMP	CH_623

Bibliographic references

Deposit

Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, Mineral Resources Of The Eastern Part Of The Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Custer And Blaine Counties, Idaho: USGS Open - File Rept., 648 P
Deposit

Vannoy, R. M., And Others, 1986, Economic Appraisal Of The Eastern Part Of The Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1545-E, Table 13, P. 313.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JUL-1976	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)	U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter	29-JUN-1992	Federspiel	U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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