The Rock Slide No. 1 Prospect is a silver and lead mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 9,800 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: 9,800 Feet (2,987 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 43.9989, -114.63610
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Rock Slide No. 1 Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rock Slide No. 1 Prospect
Secondary: Emerald
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Germania Creek 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: Sawtooth National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Discovery Year: 1882
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: Sawtooth Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Gouge
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 4 CHIP SAMPLES FROM ADIT A AVERAGED: 0.02 OZ AU 4.3 OZ AG PER TON 1.41% PB. SAMPLE FROM ADIT B ASSAYED: 0.08 OZ AU 13.7 OZ AG PER TON 21.0% PB 0.4% S
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): 3 Open Adits, 2 Caved Adits and 5 Prospect Pits. Shear Zone In Adit B Strikes N 75 Deg W and Dips 55 Deg Sw. Zone Strikes N 10 Deg W, and Dips 70 Deg SW In Adit C.
Comment (Geology): Shear Zone Is Extension of Fraction Claim Shear Zone.
Comment (Location): On NE Side of Bible Back Mtn. Land Status Value Calculated 7-94 Using Gis Overlay Analysis With Usfs Land Ownership Boundaries, 1:126,720 Scale.
Comment (Production): No Production Records Available, But the Property May Have Contributed To the $500,000 of Pb and Ag Reportedly Produced From the Area.
References
Reference (Deposit): Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, Mineral Resources Of The Eastern Part Of The Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Custer And Blaine Counties, Idaho: USGS Open - File Rept., 648 P
Reference (Deposit): Vannoy & Others, 1986, USGS Bulletin 1545e, P. 283, Pl. 3, No. 141
Reference (Production): Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, USGS Open - File Report.
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