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Mcdonald Peak Occurrence

Occurrence in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Copper, Molybdenum
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  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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096433
MRDS ID W019348
Record type Site
Current site name Mcdonald Peak Occurrence
Related records 10217096

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.90843, 43.94269 (WGS84)
Elevation 2926
Relative position 15 MI NE OF ATLANTA, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Snowyside 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 Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 007N 013E 11 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON RIDGECREST ABOUT 0.33 MI S OF MCDONALD PEAK LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe-Oxide Stains

Analytical data

Result SELECTED CHIP SAMPLE ACROSS 40 FT WIDTH HAD 70 PPM CU, 150 PPM PB, 250 PPM ZN, 20 PPM MO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Dikes-Rhyolite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Dikes-Rhyolite
    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) -114.90843, 43.94269
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciation

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLETS
    Width 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone ?

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Alturas Lake Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

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 RECON T. H. KIILSGAARD AND OTHERS, BULL. 1319-

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZONE IS SEVERAL HUNDRED FT LONG

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 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.

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