The King Prospect is a mine located in Washington county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,799 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: 3,799 Feet (1,158 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 44.56028, -117.06056
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King Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: King Prospect
Secondary: Silver King
Commodity
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Washington
District: Mineral District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
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: Cuddy Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR, STRINGERS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Area Appears To Be On North Limb Of A Faulted Anticline Of General N.E. Trend.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation, Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS SHOWED LESS THAN 1% CU AND GENERALLY LESS THAN 1 OZ. AG/TON
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): LIES JUST WEST OF SILVER STILL GROUP, HIGH ON SLOPE
Comment (Deposit): DIP TRENDS 65 - 70 DEG NE
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A 60 - FOOT CROSSCUT AND A 100 - FOOT DRIFT.
Comment (Geology): THE ANDESITIC ROCKS ARE PORPHYRITIC, GREEN IN COLOR, FELDSPARS ARE NOT DETERMINABLE. METALLIC MINERALS ARE FINE-GRAINED AND SHOW A TENDENCY TO FORM BANDED, DISCONTINUOUS CONCENTRIC STRUCTURES, SUGGESTING THE COLLOFORM.
References
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A. L., AND WAGNER, W. R., 1952, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 95, 26 P.
Reference (Deposit): TURNER, H.W., 1908 , THE ORE DEPOSITS AT MINERAL, IDAHO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 3 , NO. 6 , P. 492 - 502
Reference (Deposit): 1952 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., PAMPHLET 9
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