The Brownlee Manganese Prospect is a mine located in Washington county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,000 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 44.7894, -116.86420
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Brownlee Manganese Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Brownlee Manganese Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: Idaho
County: Washington
District: Unorganized District, Cambridge Area
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: Payette National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1953
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: Cuddy Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR, DISCONTINUOUS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Brecciation
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitic
Rocks
Name: Phyllite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Phyllite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 25% MN, WITH SILICA THE MAIN IMPURITY
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON SOUTH SIDE OF CUDDY MOUNTAIN.
Comment (Commodity): NOT ENOUGH TONNAGE TO MAKE A MINE.
Comment (Workings): A BULLDOZER CUT OF 20 FEET IS THE EXTENT OF WORK DONE.
Comment (Geology): PHYLLITE IS A METAMORPHOSED CALCAREOUS SHALE. PHYLLITES DIP WEST.
References
Reference (Deposit): COOK, E. F., 1954, MINING GEOLOGY OF THE SEVEN DEVILS REGION: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 97, 22 P
Reference (Deposit): 1954 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 9
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