The Railroad Mine is a copper mine located in Washington county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,001 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: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 44.7631, -116.79222
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Railroad Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Railroad Mine
Secondary: Held Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Bismuth
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Washington
District: Cuddy Mountain (Heath) 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: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Peacock, Dr. S.
Years: 1906 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: 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 PODS, CHIMNEYS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Domes And Folds; Faults And Steeply Tilted Beds
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyritization
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SULFIDES GAVE UP TO 20 % CU
Analytical Data: SOME SELECTED BISMUTH SAMPLES SHOWED 1000 OZ AG/TON
Analytical Data: SOME CARBONATE SAMPLES GAVE 40 % CU
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Tremolite
Gangue: Bismuth
Comments
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: ORE IS COARSE IN TEXTURE AND IRREGULAR IN FORM.
Comment (Workings): THERE ARE 2 SHORT CROSS - CUT TUNNELS.
Comment (Geology): CUDDY MOUNTAIN LIMESTONE IS MASSIVE GRAY TO WHITE CHARACTERIZED BY FINE GRAINED TO APHANITIC TEXTURE.
Comment (Location): LOCATED 3 MILES N.E. OF BROWNLEE RANGER STATION.
Comment (Deposit): SEVEN DEVILS VOLCANICS ARE UNDIFFERENTIATED KERATOPHYRES, META - ANDESITES, VOLCANICLASTIC ROCKS, CHERTS, AND LIMESTONE LENSES.
References
Reference (Deposit): EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO.PG 168-172
Reference (Deposit): NINTH ANNUAL REPORT MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO PG 207- 210
Reference (Deposit): BELL, R. N., 1904, REPORT OF THE MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1903, P. 139 - 140.
Reference (Deposit): 1904 COMPILE ANN. REPT. OF IDAHO MINING INDUSTRY FOR 1903
Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, D. C., 1925, RECON. OF MINERAL AND CUDDY MOUNTAIN DISTRICTS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 13, P. 15 - 16.
Reference (Deposit): 1907 COMPILE ANN. REPT. OF IDAHO MINING INDUSTRY FOR 1906
Reference (Deposit): 1925 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 13
Reference (Deposit): FANKHAUSER, R. E., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE SOUTHERN CUDDY MOUNTAINS, WASHINGTON COUNTY, IDAHO: CORVALLIS, OREGON STATE UNIV., MS THESIS, 138 P.
Reference (Deposit): BRUCE, W. R., 1971, GEOLOGY, MINERAL DEPOSITS, AND ALTERATION OF PARTS OF THE CUDDY MTN. DIST., WESTERN IDAHO: CORVALLIS, OREGON STATE UNIV., PH.D. THESIS, 165 P.
Reference (Deposit): SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO PG.139-142
Reference (Deposit): 5) BELL, R.N., 1907 , EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1906 , 172 P.
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