The Riley Prospect is a mine located in Washington county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,899 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: 5,899 Feet (1,798 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 44.7858, -116.78110
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Riley Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Riley Prospect
Secondary: J. C. Riley
Commodity
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Washington
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Location): TOP OF CUDDY MTN. AT HEAD OF MIDDLE FK. OF NO BUSINESS CR.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN STRIKES N 30 - 40 DEG W
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A FEW OPEN CUTS AND SHORT TUNNELS
References
Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, D.C., 1925 , A GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE MINERAL AND CUDDY MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICTS, WASHINGTON AND ADAMS COUNTIES, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 13 , 24 P
Reference (Deposit): 1925 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 1
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