Scientific data near [43.68848,-115.29204]

Search area extends approximately 4.5 km east-west and 6.2 km north-south.

Geographic context

Counties, states, countries, continents, or oceans
Elmore	county
Idaho	state
United States	country
North America	continent
Land	continent
Map quadrangles, from USGS or Canadian NTS
Rocky Bar	quadrangle 1:24,000 scale
Idaho City	quadrangle 1:100,000 scale
Hailey	quadrangle 1:250,000 scale
Watershed boundaries (USGS hydrologic units)
South Fork Boise	hydrologic unit
Middle Snake-Boise	hydrologic accounting unit
Middle Snake	hydrologic subregion
Pacific Northwest	hydrologic region
Areas administered by US Federal agencies
Boise National Forest	National Forest
National Forest FS	Type of land area
FS	Federal land areas administered by FS

Geology of US states

Digital geologic maps of the US states with consistent lithology, age, GIS database structure, and format

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Unit	State	Lithology
Granodiorite and two-mica granite.	ID	Cretaceous

Airborne geophysical surveys

Aerial surveys of magnetic anomaly and gamma ray emission; older surveys were analog record which have been digitized, newer surveys collected data in digital form.

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ID	Data type	Description
Idaho Regional '69	M-Dz	Idaho Regional '69 7773 line km with spacing 8.00 km over parts of ID
Hailey	M/R-D	Hailey 4710 line km with spacing 4.80 km over parts of ID

Estimates of undiscovered mineral resources

National Mineral Resource Assessment 1998: Estimates of the number of undiscovered mineral resources of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc within identified permissive tracts (geographic areas in which mineral deposits may form).

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Tract	Deposit Type	Mineralization age
NR09	Porphyry Cu (North America)	Mesozoic

The continental crust

Seventy-seven major components of the North American continent were delineated at a general scale (1:5,000,000); including the general composition, geological environment, and types of primary metals endowments that can be expected in each domain.

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Domain	Crust type	Region
Farmington-Selway	Intracratonic mobile belt	Northern Rocky Mountains

National geochemical survey database

National-scale geochemical analysis of stream sediments and soils in the US, from existing data, reanalysis of existing samples, and new sampling. Goal for sample density is one per 289 square km.

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Sample ID	Material	Source
C-168320	Sediment	Stream, Dry

Geochemistry of stream sediments in the US from the NURE-HSSR database

National-scale geochemical analysis of stream sediments and soils in the US collected and analyzed under the National Uranium Resource Evaluation program.

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Sample ID	Date collected	Sample type
5176840	1980-09-01	Stream sediment sample from dry stream, sieved to less than 149 microns (-100 mesh), and dried (if necessary) at less than or equal to 110øC.
5176841	1980-09-01	Stream sediment sample from flowing stream, sieved to less than 149 microns (-100 mesh) and dried at less than or equal to 110øC.
5176863	1980-09-07	Stream sediment sample from flowing stream, sieved to less than 149 microns (-100 mesh) and dried at less than or equal to 110øC.
5176864	1980-09-07	Soil sample sieved to less than 149 microns (-100 mesh).
5176865	1980-09-07	Soil sample sieved to less than 149 microns (-100 mesh).

Geochemistry of water samples in the US from the NURE-HSSR database

National-scale geochemical analysis of water samples in the US collected and analyzed under the National Uranium Resource Evaluation program.

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Sample ID	Date collected	Sample type
1098982	1980-09-01	Stream water sample filtered through a 0.8 micron filter at the site.
1098983	1980-09-01	Stream water sample filtered through a 0.8 micron filter at the site.
1099008	1980-09-07	Stream water sample filtered through a 0.8 micron filter at the site.
1099009	1980-09-07	Stream water sample filtered through a 0.8 micron filter at the site.
1099046	1980-09-07	Spring water sample filtered through a 0.8 micron filter at the site.
1099047	1980-09-07	Spring water sample filtered through a 0.8 micron filter at the site.

Mineral Resource Data System

MRDS describes metallic and nonmetallic mineral resources throughout the world. Included are deposit name, location, commodity, deposit description, geologic characteristics, production, reserves, resources, and references.

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Site name	Development	Commodities
Mountain Goat Mine	Past Producer	AU
Rocky Bar	Past Producer	AU PGE_PT AG
Independence Mine	Past Producer	AU AG
Empire Mine	Past Producer	AU AG
Commonwealth Mine	Past Producer	AU PB ZN AG
Wide West Mine	Past Producer	AU AG
Idaho Gold Chief Prospect	Past Producer	AU ZN PB AG
West Ophir Mine	Past Producer	AU AG
Ada Elmore Lode	Past Producer	AU
Confederate Star Mine	Past Producer	AU
Vishnu Mine	Past Producer	AU PB ZN
Quil Pig Prospect	Prospect	AU
Glen Eden Prospect	Occurrence	AU
Feather River Placer	Past Producer	REE ABR_G AU FE AG TI ZR
War Eagle Prospect	Prospect	AU
Mountain Buck Mine	Past Producer	AU
Keystone Mine	Past Producer	AU AG
Golden Bear Lode	Occurrence	AU
Doolittle Prospect	Prospect	AU
Vibrator Prospect	Past Producer	AU AG
Tip Top Prospect	Occurrence	AU
Clifton Bell	Past Producer	AU AG
Elmore	Past Producer	AU PB AG ZN
Champion	Occurrence	AU
New York	Occurrence	AU
West Fork Mine	Past Producer	AU CU PB AG ZN
Pittsburg Mine	Unknown	AU PB ZN
West Fork Mine	Past Producer	AG PB AU CU
Manhattan	Occurrence	AU
Rocky Bar West Minx Claims	Prospect	AU

An index to PGE-Ni-Cr deposits and occurrences in selected mineral-occurrence databases (web-accessible database)

A compendium of references to previously published databases and database records that describe PGE, nickel, and chromium deposits and occurrences. These data show where to obtain more detailed information about each deposit or occurrence.

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Deposit name	Deposit type	Location
Rocky Bar	Past Producer	Idaho, United States

National Geochemical Database: Sediment

Geochemical analysis of sediment samples from the National Geochemical Database. Primarily inorganic elemental concentrations, most samples are of stream sediment in the continental US and Alaska.

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Sample ID	Sample source	Sample notes
C168320	stream/river

Global assessment of undiscovered copper resources

Deposits, prospects, and permissive tracts for porphyry and sediment-hosted copper resources worldwide, with estimates of undiscovered copper resources.

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Tract name	Deposit type	Geology
Northern Rocky Mountains	porphyry copper	Part of a continental margin arc that formed along the western margin of North America
Pacific Margin	porphyry copper	Cretaceous through middle Tertiary volcanic and intrusive rocks representing a series of continental- and island-arc systems accreted and superimposed onto the paleomargin of northeast Asia.

Prospect- and mine-related features on USGS topographic maps

Symbols indicating mining-related features digitized from historical USGS topographic maps in the western part of the conterminous US. Includes prospect pits, mine shafts and adits, quarries, open-pit mines, tailings piles and ponds, gravel and borrow pit

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Feature ID	Feature type	Feature name
Adit	point
Adit	point
Adit	point
Adit	point
Adit	point
Adit	point
Adit	point
Adit	point
Adit	point
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