The Eureka Prospect is a copper mine located in Boundary county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,001 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: 2,001 Feet (610 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 48.6181, -116.06670
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Eureka Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Eureka Prospect
Secondary: Kate Fry Group
Secondary: McGinty
Secondary: Ebba
Secondary: Wedge
Secondary: Homestake
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Boundary
District: Moyie - Yaak District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
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 - Cabinet Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): N. Side Of Boulder Creek
Comment (Production): Test Shipment Of Ore Was Made In The Early 1900'S.
Comment (Development): Patented In 1893
Comment (Location): 7/75 Kirkham And Ellis (1926) Give The Location As Sec 27; Their Map Shows The Mine In Sec 28.
References
Reference (Production): Miller, D. A., 1973, Univ. Of Idaho, Ms Thesis, 103 P.
Reference (Deposit): Miller, D. A., 1973, Geology Of The Leonia Knob Area, Boundary County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, Ms Thesis, 103 P
Reference (Deposit): Bennett and others, 2000, Bonners Ferry Ranger District USFS AML field report (Panhandle NF, v. 8).
Reference (Deposit): Kirkham And Ellis, 1926, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin 10, P. 63
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