Bulldog Prospect

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Mineral rights holdings
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096309
MRDS ID W014245
MAS/MILS ID 0160370228
Record type Site
Current site name Bulldog Prospect
Alternate or previous names Ivanhoe, Bull Dog, Republican Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.15065, 44.59018 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position 28 MI. NNW OF STANLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Soldier Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 015N 011E 32 NWSW Idaho

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES FROM VEIN AVG. $11 AU/TON, 30 OZ. AG/TO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.15065, 44.59018

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike 38 DEG SE
    Dip 65 DEG SW
    Width 7.62M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Seafoam District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, TUNNELS, LONG OPEN CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J. B., AND LIVINGSTON, D. C., 1920, A RECONNAISSANCE IN SOUTH CENTRAL IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 3, 23 P

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL.

  • Deposit

    TREVES SAMUAL B 1953 UNIV OF IDAHO MS THESIS 44P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 16-NOV-1983 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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