Whimpey Cr. Pb-Ag Prospect

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094603
MRDS ID D009928
Record type Site
Current site name Whimpey Cr. Pb-Ag Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.62035, 45.181 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Relative position 13.6 MI N88E OF SALMON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldstone Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lemhi(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 024E 04 CENTER OF N2 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • S. SIDE OF THE HEAD OF THE W. FORK OF WIMPEY CR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Lemhi
    Rock description Lemhi
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.62035, 45.181

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eldorado District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS, ALL CAVED (1980)

Comments on development

  • ORE WAS LOWERED 250 FT. BY WINDLASS TO ORE BIN. ORE WAS THEN HAULED TO 3-STAMP MILL ON WIMPY CR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOREST SERVICE FILES, D. W. PETERS, SALMON, ID

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1982 Peters, Donald W. U.S. Forest Service
Updater 01-FEB-1985 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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