Protection Prospect

Prospect in Butte county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Silver, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093623
MRDS ID W015679
MAS/MILS ID 0160230023
Record type Site
Current site name Protection Prospect
Alternate or previous names BC Nos. 23-24

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.98417, 43.9068 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 8.25 MI N OF HOWE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tyler Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Circular Butte(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Idaho Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Lost(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 007N 029E 27 NWSENW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Near Forks Of Black Canyon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gouge

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Saturday Mountain Formation-Quartzite;Swauger Quartzite
    Rock description Saturday Mountain Formation-Quartzite;Swauger Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.98417, 43.9068

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name Black Canyon Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault
  • Quartzite Hanging Wall
  • Dolomite Footwall

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original Alteration entry: Gouge
  • Original Ore Control entry: Black Canyon Fault With Quartzite Hanging Wall And Dolomite Footwall

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 Dome District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • Drifts

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, R. A., 1948, Reconnaissance Survey Of The Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Southwestern Portion Of Lemhi Range, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 80, 17 P.

  • Deposit

    Ross, C. P., 1961, Geology Of The Southern Part Of The Lemhi Range, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1081-F, P. 189-260

  • Deposit

    King, J. F., 1960, Reocnnaissance Geology Of Part Of The Lemhi Range, Butte County, Id: Ms Thesis, Northwestern Univ., Chicago, Il., 51 P.

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 11-91, 1991, Appendix C, No. 88, P. 164.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 16-NOV-1992 Lipton, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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