1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Black and White Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10193610
MRDS ID W015231
MAS/MILS ID 0160850445
Record type Site
Current site name Black and White Prospect
Alternate or previous names Gold Dollar, Idaho Primitive Area.
Related records 10071705

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -115.16346, 45.18068 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
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

Bismark Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle 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 011 E 07 NW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • PROPERTY IS 244 METERS EAST OF A CABIN AT THE MOUTH OF BIG RAMEY CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -115.16346, 45.18068
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40W
    Dip 38E
    Length 2.7M
    Width 0.8M
    Depth to top 3M
    Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N40W:38E
    Date of Last Modification 810625
  • Strike N87W
    Dip 44N
    Length 13.4M
    Width 0.6M
    Depth to top 5.2M
    Field Value
    MAS Column # 2
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N87W:44N
    Date of Last Modification 810625

Comments on the geologic information

  • TWO VEINS, A QUARTZ-CALCITE AND A QUARTZ, ARE EXPOSED. VEIN MATERIAL ASSAYED 2.4 GRAM GOLD PER METRIC TON, 61.3 GRAM SILVER PER METRIC TON A TRACE COPPER FROM ONE VEIN. THE QUARTZ VEIN MATERIAL ASSAYED ONLY A TRACE GOLD

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. O. Vines
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1950

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO; USGS BULLETIN 1304

  • Deposit

    1973, P. 158.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-MAY-1995 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site