The Tommy Moran Prospect is a gold mine located in Boundary county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,699 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: 5,699 Feet (1,737 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 48.8961, -116.25530
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Tommy Moran Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tommy Moran Prospect
Secondary: Moran Property
Secondary: Howard Wickersham
Secondary: Matterhorn
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Boundary
District: Moyie-Yaak 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: Kaniksu National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: H. Wickersham, S. Hash
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Purcell Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR, TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Kaniksu Batholith; Joint Planes; Granite - Quartzite Contact Closeby.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Siderite
Comments
Comment (Location): W. Slope Of Bussard Mtn., 1 1/2 Mi. Sw Of Queen Mtn. Lookout.
Comment (Development): 3 Claims
Comment (Workings): Open Cuts And Small Shafts.
References
Reference (Deposit): Brackebusch, F. W., 1969, Economic Geology Of The Queen Mountain Area, A Part Of The Purcell Range, Boundary County, Idaho: Unpublished Thesis, Univ. Idaho, 76 P.
Reference (Deposit): Kirkham, V. R. D., And Ellis, E. W., 1926, Geology And Ore Deposits Of Boundary County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin, No. 10, 78 P.
Reference (Deposit): Kiilsgaard, T. H., 1951, Descriptions Of Some Ore Deposits And Their Relationships To The Purcell Sills, Boundary County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet, 85, 31 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1951 Other Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 85
Reference (Deposit): 1926 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Bulletin 10
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