The West Fork Exchange Prospect is a antimony mine located in Elmore county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony
Lat, Long: 43.8586, -115.36000
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West Fork Exchange Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: West Fork Exchange Prospect
Secondary: Anderson - Bida Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Location
State: Idaho
County: Elmore
District: Black Warrior Basin
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: Boise National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: West Fork Mining Co.
Info Year: 1953
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
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
Form: STRINGER, VEINLET
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): Less than 1 mi. SW of Hermada Mine
Comment (Location): Original coordinates for line#1 were: lat/long NAD27 43-51-16N 115-21-19W (43.85444 -115.35528); UTM N4856800 E632200 Z11N; PLSS line# 1: Meridian- Boise, TWNSHP 006N, RNG 009E, Sect 14, Sect_fract
Comment (Workings): Few Shallow Surface Workings
References
Reference (Deposit): Popoff, C. C., 1953, Hermada Antimony Deposit, Elmore County, Idaho: USBM Rept. Inv. 4950, 21 P
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Report Of Investigation 4950, 1953, Figs. 2 And 10; P. 13-14.
Reference (Deposit): Hustedde, IBMG Mines & Prospects Of Hailey Quad, 1981
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