Pole 16 Claim Prospect

Occurrence in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096254
MRDS ID W013610
Record type Site
Current site name Pole 16 Claim Prospect
Alternate or previous names Old Grand Prize

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.67012, 43.94209 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Relative position 4 3/4 MI. NNW OF GALENA, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horton Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth 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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 007N 015E 14 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 6 SAMPLES AVERAGED 0.01 OZ AU/TON, 2.17 OZ AG/TON, AND 0.86% PB. 5 OF THE 6 SAMPLES CONTAINED 0.005% CU AND 0.46% ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Dike-Granite
    Rock description Dike-Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Milligen Formation-Quartzite, Limestone, Argillite
    Rock description Milligen Formation-Quartzite, Limestone, Argillite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.67012, 43.94209

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS
    Length 91.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1882

Mining district

District name Germania Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 40 FT DEEP WINZE

Reference information

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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