The Campbell Magnetite Deposit Prospect is a iron mine located in Washington county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,499 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: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 44.55757, -117.01581
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Campbell Magnetite Deposit Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Campbell Magnetite Deposit Prospect
Secondary: Barton
Secondary: W.J. Bryan
Secondary: Siegwein Claims
Secondary: Campbell Deposit
Secondary: Last Chance
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Washington
District: Iron Mountain 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
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Campbell, J. W. And Barton, Clifton
Years: 1943 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Surface
Discovery Year: 1897
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
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: PODS AND STRINGERS
Structure
Type: R
Description: High-Angle Faulting And Westward Tilting Of The Fault Blocks.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Leaching Of Sulfides Gives Limonite - Filled Cavities
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MAGNETITE ORE CONTAINS 58% FE. ASSAY VALUE AVG 6 % CU, 6 OZ AG/TON, SAMPLED OVER A 12 - FT WIDTH FROM THE BARTON
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1890'S
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: 33 MI BY POOR ROAD TO UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD IN WEISER, IDAHO.
Comment (Location): ON A SPUR BETWEEN FOURTH OF JULY CR AND A TRIBUTARY OF BARTON CR
Comment (Commodity): ORE BENEFICIATED BY WET AND DRY MAGNETIC METHODS
Comment (Deposit): 2 ORE BODIES, THE SOUTH AND NORTH
Comment (Workings): A FEW SHORT ADITS ARE EXTENT OF WORKINGS.
Comment (Geology): MARBLE IS UNDERLAIN BY GREENSTONE.
References
Reference (Deposit): 1947 RECON MACKIN, J.H., OPEN-FILE REPT.
Reference (Deposit): 1953 GEOLMAP MACKIN, J.H., BULL. 982-E
Reference (Deposit): 1964 COMPILE IDAHO BUR MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC REPT NO 1
Reference (Deposit): ASHER, R. R., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCES - IRON: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPECIAL REPORT NO. 1, P. 104 - 111.
Reference (Deposit): MACKIN, J. H., 1953, IRON - ORE DEPOSITS OF THE IRON MTN. DIST., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 982 - E, P. 53 - 73
Reference (Deposit): BELL, R. N., 1918, NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1917, P. 98.
Reference (Deposit): MACKIN, J.H., 1947 , IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF THE IRON MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, WASHINGTON COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT., 23 P.
Reference (Deposit): 5) SHANNON, E. V., 1926 , MINERALS OF IDAHO: US NATIONAL MUSEUM BULL. 131 , P. 196 .
Reference (Deposit): 1918 COMPILE 19TH ANN. REPT. MINING INDUSTRY
Reference (Deposit): 1926 COMPILE US NATL MUS BULL 131
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