This Is It Claim Prospect

Prospect in Elmore county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Bismuth, Zinc
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. 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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096278
MRDS ID W013843
MAS/MILS ID 0160390767
Record type Site
Current site name This Is It Claim Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.98653, 43.86959 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Relative position 8.5 MI. NE OF ATLANTA, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elmore(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marshall 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)

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 013E 11 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • About 600 Ft. N 20 Deg W From Alphabet Vein

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe - Stains

Analytical data

Result 0.09 PPM AU\n1,500 PPM AG\n30,000 PPM PB\n3,000 PPM ZN\n3,000 PPM BI IN SAMPLE OF VEIN\n1,500 PPM AG
Result A SAMPLE OF SELECTED PUMP MATERIAL, POSSIBLY FROM SAME VEIN, GAVE:\n0.59 PPM AU, \n2000 PPM AG ( 58.4 OZ/TON ), \n300 PPM CU, \n30000 PPM PB, \n7000 PPM ZN, \n5000 PPM BI, \n500 PPM SN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite Or Granodiorite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite Or 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) -114.98653, 43.86959

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 DEG W
    Dip 40 DEG NE
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 304.8M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1946
Discoverer Jay Koch, V. L. Newsom

Mining district

District name Sawtooth District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest
Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Jay Koch And V. L. Newsom
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1946

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Authors Believe Area Promising ( 1970 )

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

    1970 Other T. H. Kiilsgaard And Others, Bulletin 1319-

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Hailey Quad

  • 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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Reporter 13-MAR-1995 Leszcykowski, Andrew M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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