The Cottonwood Butte is a silver, platinum, and gold mine located in Idaho county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,599 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 3,599 Feet (1,097 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Platinum, Gold
Lat, Long: 46.1036, -116.41190
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Cottonwood Butte MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cottonwood Butte
Secondary: Great Eastern
Secondary: Eckert and Smith Vein
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Platinum
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Idaho
District: Cottonwood Buttes District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Walla Walla Plateau
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PT=0.3 OZ/TON (10 PPM), AU=0.5 OZ/TON (17 PPM), AG=0.25 OZ/TON (8.6 PPM)
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): May Be In Nez Perce Indian Reservation. On Camas Plain (Not Labeled On Topo Map). Location Given Is Arbitrarily Selected As Small Village Adjacent To U.S. Highway 95 About 4 Mi North Of Cottonwood
Comment (Reserve-Resource): These Are Potential Resources
Comment (Commodity): Unable To Find Source Of Pge Data (1990); No Mention Of Pge In References Cited
Comment (Development): Also A Little Placer Mining In District
Comment (Deposit): Vertical Quartz Vein
Comment (Workings): Shaft
Comment (Geology): Vein Is In A Small Area Of Older Rocks Projecting Through The Basalt
References
Reference (Deposit): Lindgren, Waldemar, 1904, A Geological Reconnaissance Across The Bitterroot Range And Clearwater Mountains In Montana And Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 27, P. 106-107, Pl. 1.
Reference (Deposit): Ross, C.P., 1941, The Metal And Coal Mining Districts Of Idaho, With Notes On The Nonmetallic Mineral Resources Of The State: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 57, P. 54.
Reference (Production): U.S. Bureau Of Mines
Reference (Deposit): V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Pullman Quad, Location No. 156
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