Sulfide Prospect

Occurrence in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Molybdenum, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10241775
MRDS ID W015281
MAS/MILS ID 0160850436
Record type Site
Current site name Sulfide Prospect
Alternate or previous names Idaho Primitive Area.
Related records 10093603

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.26566, 45.19128 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
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

Big Creek(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 010 E 05 SW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.26566, 45.19128

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO; USGS BULLETIN 1304

  • Deposit

    1973, P. 116-117.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECT MAY NOW BE PART OF THE MULLIGAN GROUP HELD BY JOHN S. ROBERSON OF YELLOW PINE, IDAHO. THE AVERAGE VALUE OF 4 SAMPLES OF VEIN MATERIAL WAS ONLY A TRACE GOLD, 3.4 GRAM SILVER PER METRIC TON, A TRACE MOLYBDENUM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-JAN-1997 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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