Hawkeye Prospects

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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096236
MRDS ID W013481
MAS/MILS ID 0160590065
Record type Site
Current site name Hawkeye Prospects
Included sites Blackbird Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.34233, 45.11769 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 20 MI. W. OF SALMON, IDAHO, Within 1000 Meters, Within 1000 Meters, Within 1000 Meters

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 27 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • NW OF THE UNCLE SAM MINE, 1 MI S.E. OF CALERA MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cobaltite Ore
Erythrite Ore
Safflorite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE IN LOWER ADIT ASSAYS 0.8% CO OVER 30 FT WIDTH
Result .8 % NI

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.34233, 45.11769

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Anticline, Schistosity

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLETS AND STRINGERS
    Strike N-S
    Dip 70 DEG W
    Length 731.52M
    Width 39.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

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 Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hanna Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 100.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS WHICH ARE NOW MOSTLY CAVED COMPRISED THE WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • HAWKEYE PROSPECT NOW INCLUDED IN BLACKBIRD MINE, SEE NO. 363

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-75 Ortman, Dale; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 21-JUL-09 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Consolidated data from Deposit ID: 10216994 and then deleted that record.

Beyond USGS

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