Nicholia Fraction

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096394
MRDS ID W015719
MAS/MILS ID 0160590334
Record type Site
Current site name Nicholia Fraction

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.9664, 44.3633 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Relative position 2 MI ENE OF NICHOLIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Italian Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Birch(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Caribou-Targhee 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 012N 029E 14, 23 S2SW (14) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Lies 0.5 mi SE of Viola Mine

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Limestone;Quartzite
    Rock description Limestone;Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.9664, 44.3633

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 50 DEG E
    Dip 30 DEG SE
    Length 426.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Limestone And Quartzite

Comments on the geologic information

  • Contact of limestone and quartzite trends N 50 Deg E and dips 30 Deg SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1922
Discoverer C. H. Stallings, William Dunn

Mining district

District name Birch Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Targhee National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 37.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • A shaft has been driven

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Shenon, P. J., 1928, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Birch Creek District, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 27, 25 P.

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., And Wagner, W. R., 1944, Lead-Zinc-Copper Deposits Of The Birch Creek District, Clark And Lemhi Counties, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Mines And Geology Pamphlet 70, 43 P.

  • Deposit

    1928 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 27

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 53-83, 1983, Table 1, No. 17, P. 19.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Benjamin, David A.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 19-MAY-1992 Lambeth, Robert H. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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