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Trail Creek

Prospect in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10144322
MRDS ID W014431
MAS/MILS ID 0160150157
Record type Site
Current site name Trail Creek
Alternate or previous names Omaha Gulch, Sawtooth Primitive Area., Observation Peak
Related records 10071183

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -115.10564, 44.16488 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stanley Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deadwood River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Payette(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 010 N 012 E 30 NWSENW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -115.10564, 44.16488
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Economic information

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

  • Deposit

    Kiilsgaard, T. H., And Others, 1970, Mineral Resources Of The Sawtooth Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1319-D, 174p., P. 96-98.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 9-92, 1992, P. 39-46.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MANY QUARTZ VEINS CROP OUT ALONG THE STEEP SOUTHERN SIDE OF OBSERVATION PEAK, NORTH OF TRAIL CREEK. THE HIGHEST VEIN IS ABOUT 61 METERS BELOW OBSERVATION PEAK. CHIP SAMPLES TAKEN ACROSS VEINS WERE ASSAYED AND CONTAINED SILVER TRACE TO 298 GRAMS PER METRIC TON. SAMPLE IN THE MOST MINERALIZED ZONE CONTAINED 1.5 PERCENT LEAD; 0.15 PERCENT ZINC; AND 2.0 PERCENT ARSENIC.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-JAN-1995 Peters 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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