Togo Claim

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Nickel
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. Ore body information
  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 10093748
MRDS ID W026791
MAS/MILS ID 0160590612
Record type Site
Current site name Togo Claim
Alternate or previous names Togo Target

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.3418, 45.1143 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 5.5 MI W OF COBALT, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blackbird Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N 018E 28,33,34 SESE (28) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Location Approximate

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Niccolite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result Pyrrhotite analyzed- contains 0.8 % Ni

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock type qualifier Gabbro Dike
    Rock description Gabbro Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.3418, 45.1143

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, STRINGERS, BUNCHES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original alteration entry:
    Local - Oxidation
  • Original ore control entry:
    Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blackbird District

Land status

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Umpleby, J. B., 1913 , Geology And Ore Deposits Of Lemhi County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 528 , 182 P

  • Deposit

    Mines And Prospects Of The Elk City Quad., IBMG Mines And Prospects Map Series, V.E. Mitchell, Et Al.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-77 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-83 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 16-JUN-11 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Minor corrections

Beyond USGS

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