The Passover Prospect is a gold mine located in Elmore county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,899 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,899 Feet (1,798 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 43.6989, -115.25640
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Passover Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Passover Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Elmore
District: Rocky Bar 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: Harris And Oram
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Discovery Year: 1937
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: TABULAR, STRINGERS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Fe Stains, Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1/2 CU. YD GAVE 5 OZ AU. A 14 - FT. CHANNEL SAMPLE GAVE 0.25 OZ AU/TON. SOME ORE HAD 5 OZ AU/TON.
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): Near Older Workings On The Gold Bug & General Grant Lodes
Comment (Geology): Dike Trends N 30 Deg E
Comment (Workings): Several Cuts And A Glory Hole 15 Ft. In Diameter And 20 Ft. Deep. Granophyric Dike - N 30 Deg E.
Comment (Deposit): Some Free Gold In Fractures.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1930'S
References
Reference (Deposit): Anderson, A. L., 1943, Geology Of The Gold - Bearing Lodes Of Rocky Bar District, Elmore Co., Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pam. 65, P. 34.
Reference (Deposit): Wagner, W.R.T., 1939, The Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Rocky Bar District, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho M.S. Thesis, 32 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1943 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pam. 6
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