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Westlake North Prospect

Occurrence in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070567
MRDS ID W013553
Record type Site
Current site name Westlake North Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.3553, 43.4436 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position 5 1/2 MI. SW OF HAILEY
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 001N 018E 6 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • OPPOSITE THE HEAD OF LEE GULCH, ACROSS FROM MOUTH OF BULLION CR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Milligen Form.-Black Argillite
    Rock description Milligen Form.-Black Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.3553, 43.4436
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Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Hanging Wall Striking N 26 Deg W And Dips 67 Deg Ne

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 DEG W
    Dip 46 DEG NE
    Width 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone Trending N 20 - 30 Deg W

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907

Mining district

District name Mineral Hill District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 233.17M

Comments on development

  • 10 UNPATENTED CLAIMS; 2 MILL SITES

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS W013553
Idaho Geological Survey Idaho Mines and Prospects IMP HA1187 http://www.idahogeology.org/

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., AND OTHERS, 1950, DETAILED GEOLOGY OF CERTAIN AREAS IN THE MINERAL HILL AND WARM SPRINGS MINING DISTRICTS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 90, P. 29 - 3

  • Deposit

    1949 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 9

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A SECOND ZONE STRIKES N 40 DEG E AND DIPS 70 DEG SE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-02-01 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey