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Bayhorse Pass Prospect No. 2

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096434
MRDS ID W019352
Record type Site
Current site name Bayhorse Pass Prospect No. 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.22704, 43.97818 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 13 MI NNW OF ATLANTA, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elmore(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nahneke Mountain(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

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 Elmore

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 007N 010E 02,01 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Fe-Stains

Analytical data

Result A 4 FT CHIP SAMPLE ACROSS ALTERED ZONE HAD 0.06 OZ AG/TON, 0.05 % CU, TRACE SN
Result A 2ND SAMPLE ACROSS THIS ZONE HAD 0.03 OZ AG/TON, 0.03 % CU

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.22704, 43.97818
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 DEG E
    Dip 78 DEG SE
    Length 60.96M
    Width 1.83M

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 Black Warrior District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • Prospect Pits

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Kiilsgaard, T. H., And Others, 1970, Mineral Resources Of The Sawtooth Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1319-D, 174p.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A 2nd Altered Zone Trends N 60 Deg W And Dips Steeply Ne

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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