The Even Chance Claim is a antimony mine located in Blaine county, Idaho.
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Mine Info
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Even Chance Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Even Chance Claim
Secondary: Brinegar Property
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Blaine
District: Vienna District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Sawtooth National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: C. E. Brinegar
Home Office: Boise, Id.
Owner Name: Fred Osmers
Home Office: Tacoma, Wa.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Sawtooth Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED W. OF SMILEY CREEK, ABOUT 400 FT ABOVE THE VALLEY FLOOR.
Comment (Development): TWO D.M.E.A. LOAN APPLICATIONS WERE MADE (DOCKET NOS. 1538 AND 2417) IN THE EARLY 1950'S.
Comment (Workings): TWO SMALL OPEN CUTS COMPRISED THE WORKINGS IN 1951.
Comment (Geology): PALEOZOIC SEDIMENTS CROP OUT NEARBY.
Comment (Deposit): FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE D.M.E.A. DOCKET NOS. 1538 AND 2417. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): COMMODITY FILES, U.S.G.S., SPOKANE WA
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