Area South of Rainbow Peak

Occurrence in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Land status
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10290967
MAS/MILS ID	0160850598
Record type	Site
Current site name	Area South of Rainbow Peak
Alternate or previous names	South of Rainbow Peak

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Trench
Geographic coordinates:	-115.23406, 44.94678 (WGS84)
Elevation	2460
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

Rainbow Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(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	019 N	010 E	34		Idaho

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1)	-115.23406, 44.94678	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type	Surface
Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Land status

Ownership category	National Forest
Area name	Payette National Forest

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0160850598
Idaho Geological Survey	Idaho Mines and Prospects	IMP	CH__25	http://www.idahogeology.org/

Bibliographic references

Deposit

U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 64-85, 1985, P. 102-103

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	ZONES OF FINE GRAINED QUARTZ, CEMENTED RHYOLITE BRECCIA, AND SILICIFIED FERRIC IRON-STAINED RHYOLITE THAT SHOW ARGILLIC HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION. 1 SAMPLE WAS TAKEN BY THE USBM IN 1982: 1.62 PPM AU 6.86 PPM AG. THIS WAS A 4 FT LONG OUTCROP CHIP, NOT HIGH GRADE. 18 SAMPLES WERE TAKEN IN THE AREA BY THE USBM IN 1983 ONE 10 FT CHIP HAD 24.79 PPM AU AND 10.02 PPM AG. 2 OTHER SAMPLES HAD .3 AND .16 PPM AU 8 SAMPLES WERE TAKEN BY THE USBM IN 1984, AS OF 1/85 RESULTS WERE NOT IN (SEE BOB LAMBETH, WFOC FOR DATA). SUCH SAMPLES MAY BE INDICATORS OF A LOW GRADE DISSEMINATED AU-AG DEPOSIT.

Subject category

Comment text

Deposit

ZONES OF FINE GRAINED QUARTZ, CEMENTED RHYOLITE BRECCIA, AND SILICIFIED FERRIC IRON-STAINED RHYOLITE THAT SHOW ARGILLIC HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION. 1 SAMPLE WAS TAKEN BY THE USBM IN 1982: 1.62 PPM AU 6.86 PPM AG. THIS WAS A 4 FT LONG OUTCROP CHIP, NOT HIGH GRADE. 18 SAMPLES WERE TAKEN IN THE AREA BY THE USBM IN 1983 ONE 10 FT CHIP HAD 24.79 PPM AU AND 10.02 PPM AG. 2 OTHER SAMPLES HAD .3 AND .16 PPM AU 8 SAMPLES WERE TAKEN BY THE USBM IN 1984, AS OF 1/85 RESULTS WERE NOT IN (SEE BOB LAMBETH, WFOC FOR DATA). SUCH SAMPLES MAY BE INDICATORS OF A LOW GRADE DISSEMINATED AU-AG DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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