The Freeze Prospect is a mine located in Washington county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,402 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: 7,402 Feet (2,256 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 44.81306, -116.73500
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Freeze Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Freeze Prospect
Secondary: Freeze
Secondary: Head of Hornet Cr.
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Surface
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): HEAD OF HORNET CREEK
Comment (Commodity): PROBABLY A CONSIDERABLE TONNAGE OF OXIDIZED ORE PRESENT
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL HUNDRED FT OF PITS AND SHAFTS
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON HEAD OF HORNET CREEK ONLY A SHORT DISTANCE BELOW THE FOREST SERVICE CABIN ON CUDDY MOUNTAIN (LIVINGSTON, 1925). NOTE: THIS AREA WAS FIELD CHECKED BY BUREAU OF MINES PERSONNEL IN 1992; THIS SITE COULD NOT BE LOCATED. THE LOCATION, AS GIVEN IN THE CITED REFERENCE, IS PLACED AT THE FOREST SERVICE GUARD STATION IN THE E/2 SEC. 30, T. 17 N., R. 3 W. HOWEVER, THE SITE COULD POSSIBLY BE UNDER ONE OF THE HORNET CREEK CREEK RESERVOIRS IN N/2 SEC. 20.
References
Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, D. C., 1925, A GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE MINERAL AND CUDDY MTN. MINING DISTRICTS, WASH. AND ADAMS CO., ID: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 13, 24 P
Reference (Deposit): 1925 RECON IBMG PAMPHLET 13, 24 P
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