The Goodrich Creek Canyon Prospect is a mine located in Washington county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,902 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: 4,902 Feet (1,494 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 44.7136, -116.60970
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Goodrich Creek Canyon Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Goodrich Creek Canyon Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Washington
District: Cuddy Mountain 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
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Propylitic
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Kaolinite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): COPPER CARBONATES ARE ALSO PRESENT SOUTH OF RUSH PEAK (NE 1/4 SEC 30, T. 16N R 3W).
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS: ONE IS CAVED AND THE OTHER EXTENDS 100 FT INTO THE HILLSIDE.
References
Reference (Deposit): KING, J. R., 1970, THE GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHEASTERN CUDDY MTN. DISTRICT, IDAHO: CORVALLIS, OREGON STATE UNIV., MS THESIS
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