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Wolf Fang Peak Prospect No. 1

Occurrence in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodity 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. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10144901
MRDS ID W015284
MAS/MILS ID 0160850336
Record type Site
Current site name Wolf Fang Peak Prospect No. 1
Alternate or previous names Idaho Primitive Area.
Related records 10096372, 10169212

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -115.43157, 45.16958 (WGS84)
Elevation 2464
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wolf Fang Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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 021 N 008 E Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -115.43157, 45.16958
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E
    Dip 65W
    Thickness 2.4M
    Length 11.9M
    Depth to top 3.7M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N20E:65W
    Date of Last Modification 800916

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECT LIES DIRECTLY ACROSS SOUTH FORK WOLF FANG CREEK FROM MCRAE TUNGSTEN PROPERTY. SAMPLE FROM QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINED A TRACE GOLD AND 10.3 GRAM SILVER PER METRIC TON. SAMPLE FROM SILICIFIED ZONE CONTAINED A TRACE GOLD AND 3.4 GRAM SILVER PER METRIC TON.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-MAR-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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