Ida Prospect

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities 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. 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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105779
MRDS ID W015716
MAS/MILS ID 0160590329
Record type Site
Current site name Ida Prospect
Alternate or previous names Salmon Lode, Salmon Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.9769, 44.3647 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Relative position 1.75 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 15 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Joins Viola Mine to south

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.9769, 44.3647

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nicholia District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Targhee National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Milo Zook
  • Type Owner
    Owner Shears, Al

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on development

  • Ida Claim includes part of the old Salmon Lode

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 Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 70, 43 P.

  • Deposit

    1928 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 27

  • Deposit

    1944 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 70

  • Production

    Shenon, P. J., 1928, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 27

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Benjamin, David A.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-MAR-1995 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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