Franklin D. Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10144805
MRDS ID W013922
MAS/MILS ID 0160850042
Record type Site
Current site name Franklin D. Mine
Alternate or previous names Franklin D., 4th of July Group, Idaho Primitive Area.
Related records 10096283

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.29905, 44.66628 (WGS84)
Elevation 2469
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

Chinook Mountain(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 015 N 010 E 06 SWSWNW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Silver Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.29905, 44.66628

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.1M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN CONTAINS 10-20 PERCENT COMBINED PYRITE GALENA AND ANGLESITE, AND APPROXIMATELY 80 PERCENT QUARTZ. WFOC MINERAL PROPERTY FILE NO. 0160850042.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-OCT-1992 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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