The Mortimer Prospect is a copper mine located in Washington county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,699 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: 5,699 Feet (1,737 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 44.5525, -117.02310
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Mortimer Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mortimer Prospect
Secondary: Iron Mountain Min. Co.
Secondary: Mortimer Iron Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Idaho
County: Washington
District: Iron 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Mortimer, Frank (Pres.)
Home Office: Weiser, Idaho
Years: 1943 -
Owner Name: Iron Mountain Mining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Years: 1947 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
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 - Mc Chord Butte
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: High - Angle Faulting With Westward Tilting Of The Fault Blocks.
Type: L
Description: Postintrusion Fault Is Inferred To The North Of The Deposit.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Cavities In Magnetite Due To Leaching Of Sulfides.
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: 61 PERCENT FE, 4.7 PERCENT SIO2 (ANALYSIS FROM 23-LB CHIP SAMPLE)
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1890'S
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: 33 MI FROM RAIL HEAD AT WEISER
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL EXPLORATORY SHAFTS AND PITS HAVE BEEN DUG.
Comment (Location): MULTIPLE WORKINGS IN SECS. 14 AND 23.
References
Reference (Deposit): 1918 COMPILE 19TH ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY FOR 1917
Reference (Deposit): 1947 RECON MACKIN, J.H., OPEN-FILE REPT.
Reference (Deposit): 1953 GEOLMAP MACKIN, J.H., BULL. 982-E
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., 1953, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF THE IRON MTN. DISTRICT, IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 982 - E, 30 P.
Reference (Deposit): MACKIN, J.H., 1947 , IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF THE IRON MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, WASHINGTON COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT., 23 P.
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