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Memorial Prospect

Occurrence in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096249
MRDS ID W013573
Record type Site
Current site name Memorial Prospect
Related records 10216549

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.2811, 43.5078 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 1 1/2 MI SE OF HAILEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hailey(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Wood(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 002N 018E 14 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON SLOPE BORDERING BIG WOOD RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wood River Formation-Limestone, Sandstone
    Rock description Wood River Form.-Limestone, Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.2811, 43.5078
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Two Faults: One Strikes N 30 Deg W, Dips 40 Deg Ne; The Second Strikes N 60 Deg W, Dips 48 Deg Ne

Ore body information

  • General form SEAMS
    Strike N 30 DEG W
    Dip 40 DEG NE
    Thickness 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mineral Hill District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 100.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMBER OF TUNNELS AND INCLINES & CUTS. ONE OPEN TUNNEL.

Comments on development

  • REOPENED IN 1947

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., AND OTHERS, 1950, DETAILED GEOLOGY OF CERTAIN AREAS IN THE MINERAL HILL AND WARM SPRINGS MINING DISTRICTS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 90, 73 P

  • Deposit

    1949 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 9

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEVELOPMENT CONFINED TO TWO VEINS. VEIN 1 STRIKES N 30 DEG W AND DIPS 32 - 40 DEG. NE. VEIN 2 STRIKES N AND DIPS 40 - 46 DEG. NE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-02-01 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

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