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Molly Mine Group

Prospect in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10120494
MRDS ID W014022
MAS/MILS ID 0160850367
Record type Site
Current site name Molly Mine Group
Alternate or previous names Idaho Primitive Area.
Related records 10070894

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -115.21015, 44.72098 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Artillery Dome(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 016 N 010 E 14 SENWSE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -115.21015, 44.72098
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 800917

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZITE ROOF PENDENT CUT BY APLITE AND PEGMATITE DIKES. ADJACENT ROCKS CUT BY ANDESITE DIKES. QUARTZITE AND DIKES WERE SAMPLED, AND GOLD CONTENT WAS 3.4 GRAM PER METRIC TON AND 116.5 GRAM SILVER PER METRIC TON.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-MAR-95 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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