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Conway Castle Prospect

Occurrence in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096269
MRDS ID W013745
Record type Site
Current site name Conway Castle Prospect
Related records 10217130

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.60922, 43.89099 (WGS84)
Elevation 3170
Relative position 2.5 MI. NE OF GALENA, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Galena 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)

Hemingway-Boulders Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 007N 016E 31,32 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Iron - Oxide Stains

Analytical data

Result TWO SELECT SAMPLES
Result 2.1 AND 64 OZ. AG/TON
Result 7 AND 34% PB. TWO SAMPLES FROM VEIN
Result 0.8 OZ. AG/TON
Result 0.07% PB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Wood River Formation-Quartzite
    Rock description Wood River Formation-Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.60922, 43.89099
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 37 DEG W
    Dip STEEP
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 12.8M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Galena District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SIX PITS

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SECOND VEIN STRIKES N 15 DEG. W; DIPS 65 DEG. SW.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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