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D. H. McIntyre

Publications and source records attributed to D. H. McIntyre.

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USGS1985

xygen isotope, aeromagnetic, and gravity anomalies associated with hydrothermally altered zones in the Yankee Fork mining district, Custer County, Idaho

Epithermal Ag-Au vein and disseminated deposits in the Yankee Fork district are hosted in altered volcanic rocks having low delta 18 O values, low magnetic susceptibilities, low remanent magnetizations, and relatively high densities. These isotopic and physical quantities provide sensitive indices of rock alteration that can be contoured over areas that are much larger than zones of strong visible alteration. Such contour maps reveal a marked spatial association between the ore deposits, the steepest delta 18 O gradients, and the perimeter of zones where the rocks have extremely low total magnetizations. The oxygen isotope results indicate that the ore zones coincide with steep gradients in temperature and water/rock ratio in two fossil hydrothermal convective systems that involved fluids derived from Tertiary meteoric waters. Our magnetic measurements suggest that these same high-gradient zones also coincide with oxidation-reduction boundaries. Low aeromagnetic intensities and positive Bouguer anomalies are also associated with the altered zones in the Yankee Fork district. The intensities of these geophysical features are consistent with the size of the altered zones and with the contrast in physical properties between altered and unaltered rocks. Contour maps of the magnetic and isotopic properties of host rocks should find application in exploration for a variety of types of hydrothermal ore deposits, as well as in the study of ore controls and conditions of mineralization.

Economic Geology↗
USGS1984

Map showing geochemistry of stream sediments in the Jerry Peak Wilderness Study Area, Custer County, Idaho

The Jerry Peak Wilderness Study Area is about 25 mi south of Challis in Custer County, central Idaho (fig. 1). The study area contains 46,150 acres of land administered by the by the Bureau of Land Management and 1 sq mi owned by the State of Idaho, a total of 46,790 acres. Most of the study area is readily accessible by roads along tributaries of the East Fork Salmon River, especially Road Creek, Herd Creek, and Lake Creek. The southeastern part of the area can be reached from Road Creek by the road down Peck's Canyon and by roads from Thousand Springs Valley, southeast of the study area. Several access roads to past logging operations extend up Sage Creek and its tributaries in the southeast part of the study area. Access to points within the northern part of the area is facilitated by jeep trails that connect with Road Creek and lake Creek and by improved road that extends northward from Herd Lake. The study area is moderately rugged, with local relief approaching 2,000 ft. Jerry (10,010 ft), the highest point within the area, is a low knoll on a north-trending linear ridge (fig. 1). The ridge has not been glaciated, despite its relatively high altitude. Most of the area is thinly covered by grass and low shrubs; trees, for the most part, are restricted to valley bottoms or to local, small groves on hillslopes.

Idaho↗