The Boulder Creek Prospect is a mine located in Owyhee county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,200 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: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 42.90417, -116.69139
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Boulder Creek Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Boulder Creek Prospect
Secondary: Demming Group
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Owyhee
District: Steele 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: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Physiographic Detail: Owyhee Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Arsenic
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Iron
Comments
Comment (Development): 36 CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): FOUR TUNNELS AND A VERTICLE SHAFT. A 100 TON CAPACITY MILL WAS BUILT. ALL OPENINGS HAVE CAVED.
References
Reference (Deposit): WALKER, WILLIAM PETER, JR., GEOLOGY OF A PART OF THE OWYHEE MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF SILVER CITY, IDAHO, MS THESIS, UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, MOSCOW, IDAHO, 1965, 59 PP
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