The Edna May Prospect is a mine located in Washington county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,499 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: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 44.8072, -116.76280
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Edna May Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Edna May Prospect
Secondary: Snowslide Prospect
Secondary: Mundee Mines?
Secondary: Edna-May
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Washington
District: Cuddy Mountain 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: Payette National Forest
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mundee Mines
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ne - Trending Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Feldspar
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORK CONSISTS OF ONE 80 FOOT ADIT AND ONE 420 FOOT ADIT WITH 2 LATERAL DRIFTS. ONE LATERAL IS 60 FEET N., THE OTHER IS 95 FEET S.
Comment (Location): AT HEAD OF NO BUSINESS CANYON.
Comment (Development): A ROAD HAS BEEN BULLDOZED INTO THE AREA FROM TOP OF CUDDY MOUNTAIN.
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): WESTERN MINING NEWS, MAR. 18 , 1977 , P. 10 - 11 .
Reference (Deposit): 1954 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., PAMPHLET 9
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