Slopers Lode Prospect

Occurrence in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096323
MRDS ID W014417
Record type Site
Current site name Slopers Lode Prospect
Related records 10168451

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.68015, 44.02488 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 5 MI SW OF LOWMAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deadwood River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Payette(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 Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008N 006E 13 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR ROCK CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

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) Granodiorite and two-mica granite.

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR SEAMS, BANDS, STRINGERS
    Strike N 55 DEG E
    Dip SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Grimes Pass District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 SHAFT, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1947, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BOISE BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 944-C, P. 119-319

  • Deposit

    1947 GEOLMAP ANDERSON, A.L., BULL. 944-C

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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