Indian Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Cobalt, Gold
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096241
MRDS ID W013511
MAS/MILS ID 0160590055
Record type Site
Current site name Indian Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.37733, 45.17738 (WGS84)
Elevation 2133
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 9 MI. NW 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

Gant Ridge(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 05 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.37733, 45.17738

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS

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

Comments on the workings information

  • CONSIDERABLE WORK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 02-FEB-2010 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Combined data from MAS/MILS record number 0160590055 (DEP_ID 10145039) and deleted that record.

Beyond USGS

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