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Pilot Knob Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096264
MRDS ID W013677
MAS/MILS ID 0160390766
Record type Site
Current site name Pilot Knob Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.01373, 43.82879 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Relative position 5 1/2 MILES ENE OF ATLANTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elmore(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Atlanta East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Idaho City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Boise(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle 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)

Sawtooth Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Elmore

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006N 012E 27 SESENW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Head Of La Moyne Creek Land Status Value Calculated 7-94 Using Gis Overlay Analysis With Usfs Land Ownership Boundaries, 1:126,720 Scale.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe-Stains

Analytical data

Result 1 DUMP SAMPLE: 24 PPM AU, 7 PPM AG, 300 PPM PB, 1500 PPM ZN. ADIT SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.13 OZ AU/TON, 0.1 OZ AG/TON. CHIP SAMPLE: 0.12 OZ AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.01373, 43.82879
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Minor Fractures And Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 DEG W
    Dip 70 DEG N
    Thickness 0.7M
    Length 4.57M
    Depth to top 7.92M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1933
Discoverer C. C. Vre Non

Mining district

District name Yuba District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 29.87M
    Overall width 2.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • Trench And Adit

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Kiilsgaard, T. H., And Others, 1970, Mineral Resources Of The Sawtooth Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1319-D, 174p.

  • Deposit

    Federspiel, F. E., And Others, 1988, Mineral Resources Of The South Boise Yuba Study Area, Blaine, Camas, And Elmore Counties, Id: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report Mla.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Second Vein Strikes N 55 Deg W, Dips Vertically; A Third Vein, Possibly A Northern Continuation Of 1 Of Other Veins, Trends N 15 Deg E, Dips 75 Deg Nw

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Steigner, William D.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 31-DEC-1996 Leszcykowski, Andrew M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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