The Climax Prospect is a mine located in Washington county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,049 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: 5,049 Feet (1,539 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 44.7325, -116.81310
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Climax Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Climax Prospect
Secondary: Bownlee Creek Deposit
Commodity
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Washington
District: Cuddy Mtn. 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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Paul Raymond ( 1923 )
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
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
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE IS COARSE IN TEXTURE
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): ALONG RIDGE WHICH LIES E OF BROWNLEE CREEK
Comment (Workings): MORE THAN 1000 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORK WAS DONE IN EARLY 1900'S. WORKINGS ARE A 820-FT CROSSCUT TUNNEL. SEVERAL DRIFTS AND A 230 FT SHAFT
Comment (Geology): THE VOLCANICS ARE: UNDIFFERENTIATED KERATOPHYRES, META ANDESITES, VOLCANICLASTIC ROCKS, CHERTS AND LIMESTONE LENSES.
References
Reference (Deposit): 1925 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 1
Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, D.C., 1925 , A GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE MINERAL AND CUDDY MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICT, WASHINGTON AND ADAMS COUNTIES, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 13 , 24 P.
Reference (Deposit): FANKHAUSER, R. E., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE SOUTHERN CUDDY MOUNTAINS, WASHINGTON COUNTY, IDAHO, CORVALLIS, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY, MS THESIS, 138 P.
Reference (Deposit): IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 97, 1954, P. 20.
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