The Frenchy's Mine is a copper mine located in Adams county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,499 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 45.0953, -116.62420
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Frenchy's Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Frenchy's Mine
Secondary: Trenchy's
Secondary: Great Eastern
Secondary: John D.
Secondary: Rocky Fellow
Secondary: Henry Ford
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Adams
District: Seven Devils 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1880
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: Seven Devils Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SHATTERED, BANDED, BUNCHES,
Structure
Type: L
Description: Gouge Seam
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Epidotization
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: FS MIN EXAM 1957 PLUMB ASSAY 1957 BLACK AND DEASON SALT LAKE CITY
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Iron
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): Sulfide Bunches Value $8 - $12/Ton.
Comment (Deposit): Great Eastern Vein Described Above; The John D. Vein Strikes N 40 Deg W And Dips Steeply Ne
Comment (Location): Bear Cr. Slope Of Smith Mt.
Comment (Development): 6 Unpatented Claims Worked Intermittently From 1881 - 1920.
References
Reference (Deposit): Livingston, D. C., And Laney, F. B., 1920, The Copper Deposits Of The Seven Devils And Adjacent Districts: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology, Bulletin 1, P. 33 - 35
Reference (Deposit): 1920 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol., Bulletin
Reference (Production): Livingston, D. C., And Laney, F. B., 1920, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin 1, 105 P.
Reference (Deposit): V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Grangeville Quad, Location No. 183
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