Money Prospect

Prospect in Elmore county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096280
MRDS ID W013858
MAS/MILS ID 0160390639
Record type Site
Current site name Money Prospect
Alternate or previous names Winner Group, Little Queen Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.18424, 43.87018 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 5.5 MI. NNW 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

Atlanta West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Idaho City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North and Middle Forks Boise(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Boise 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 Elmore

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006N 011E 08 NENWSW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • At End Of Little Queens River Road 1 Mi. Upstream From Little Queens Mine

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Samples Across Quartz Veinlet Altered Granitic And Altered Dike Rocks Contained A Range From Trace To 78.8 Gram Gold Per Metric Ton; Trace To 387 Gram Silver Per Metric Ton; Lead 1.9 Percent; Zinc 3.1 Percent.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gouge, Silicification

Analytical data

Result TR. AU AND AG ACROSS GOUGE ZONE
Result SAMPLE FROM A VEINLET 0.1 OZ. AU AND 0.14 OZ. AG/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granite;Dikes-Andesite And Dacite Porphyry
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granite;Dikes-Andesite And Dacite Porphyry
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.18424, 43.87018

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLETS
    Strike N 81 DEG W
    Dip 66 DEG NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Black Warrior District

Land status

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mr. Earl Money

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 294.13M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 Adits, 2 Shafts, 1 Crosscut All On W. Side Of River

Comments on development

  • Partly Collapsed Mill

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 02-OCT-1990 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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