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Betty Jean Prospect

Occurrence in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodity Lead
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096251
MRDS ID W013581
Record type Site
Current site name Betty Jean Prospect
Related records 10216943

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.2736, 43.5456 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position 3 MI NE 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 003N 018E 35 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON A TRIBUTARY OF QUIGLEY CR. LOCATION UNCERTAIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Milligen Formation-Limestone
    Rock description Milligen Formation-Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SEAMS
    Strike N 35 DEG E
    Dip 30 DEG NW
    Thickness 0.91M
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

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 Private

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, P. 3

  • Deposit

    1949 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 9

Reporter information

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

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