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Black Jack Prospect

Occurrence in Washington county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Zinc
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  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 10096219
MRDS ID W012760
MAS/MILS ID 0160870028
Record type Site
Current site name Black Jack Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.05631, 44.55206 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Relative position 20 MILES DOWNSTREAM OF HUNTINGTON, ORE; 21 1/2 MI. NORTH OF WEISER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monroe Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 014N 006W 15 NWNW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LIES JUST S.E. OF THE SILVER BELL GROUP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE PROPERTY HAS HAD LITTLE, IF ANY PRODUCTION, AND HAS NOT BEEN EXTENSIVELY DEVELOPED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidization

Analytical data

Result LOW CU AND AG CONTENT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Seven Devils Volcanics-Latitic;Diorite
    Rock description Seven Devils Volcanics-Latitic;Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.05631, 44.55206
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Area Appears To Be On The North Limb Of A Faulted Anticline Of General N.E. Trend.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N.N.W.
    Dip 40 DEG S.W.
    Thickness 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mineral District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SHORT ADIT AND WINZE AT THE OUTCROP AND A LONGER ADIT ON THE SLOPE 210 FEET BELOW.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, ALFRED L., AND WAGNER, WARREN R., 1952, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 95, 26 P

  • Deposit

    1952 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 9

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1976 Benjamin, David A.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

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