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Ballentyne Creek Prospect

Prospect in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10241374
MRDS ID W007834
MAS/MILS ID 0160150155
Record type Site
Current site name Ballentyne Creek Prospect
Alternate or previous names Sawtooth Primitive Area.
Related records 10093431, 10168257

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.22817, 43.89518 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horseshoe Bend(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Payette(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008 N 010 E 23 SENWSE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECT IS ABOUT 305 METERS NORTH OF THE MOUTH OF BALLEN- TYNE CREEK, ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE NORTH FORK BOISE RIVER. A 0.3 METER SAMPLE WAS TAKEN ACROSS QUARTZ VEIN AND CONTAIN- ED TRACE GOLD, 339 GRAM SILVER PER METRIC TON; 0.1 PERCENT COPPER, AND 0.2 PERCENT LEAD. A SELECTED SAMPLE FROM THE DUMP CONTAIN 301 GRAM SILVER PER METRIC TON: 0.2 PERCENT COPPER; 0.5 PERCENT LEAD. POSSIBLE TEST PITS FOR PLACERING ARE DIRECTLY BELOW THE PROSPECT AT RIVER LEVEL. A PANNED SAMPLE TAKEN NEAR THE MOUTH OF BALLENTYNE CREEK DID NOT CONTAIN ANOMALOUS AMOUNTS OF GOLD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Granodiorite and two-mica granite.
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N82E
    Dip 60W
    Width 0.3M
    Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N82E:60W
    Date of Last Modification 801216

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. D114; ALSO ON PLATE 2.

Reporter information

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

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