The Franklin Prospect is a copper mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,799 feet.
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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: 2,799 Feet (853 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 47.3025, -115.92890
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Franklin Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Franklin Prospect
Secondary: Stanley Boys Mine
Secondary: Helmer Silver Mines Co.
Secondary: Copper Bell
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Nickel
Tertiary: Cobalt
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Avery
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: St. Joe National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Nickelby
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Bitterroot Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Osburn Fault; Complex Nw-Se Folding And Faulting Accompanied By Fracturing, Shearing And Jointing
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Thin Gouge Seams
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gersdorffite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): Unpublished Cobalt Report.
Reference (Deposit): Wagner, W. R., 1949 , The Geology Of Part Of The South Slope Of The St. Joe Mountains, Shoshone County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 82 , 48 P
Reference (Deposit): 1949 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 82
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