The H - Y Prospect is a gold and silver mine located in Valley county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,402 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: 7,402 Feet (2,256 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 44.9467, -115.14000
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H - Y Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: H - Y Prospect
Secondary: Climax
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Valley
District: Thunder 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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: H. - Y Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1901
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: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Fe - Staining
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: RHYOLITE FLOW BRECCIA SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.04 OZ AU AND 0.59 OZ AG/TON. OTHER ASSAYS OF TRACE TO 0.01 OZ AU, UP TO 0.12 OZ AG/TON.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): 6 ADITS, A SHAFT, MORE THAN 20 PITS
Comment (Location): 2000 FT SW OF THE STANDARD ON DIVIDE BETWEEN CORNISH AND COONE CREEKS
References
Reference (Deposit): SHENON, P. J., AND ROSS, C. P., 1936, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR EDWARDSBURG AND THUNDER MOUNTAIN, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44, 45 P.
Reference (Deposit): CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1304, 431 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1936 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44
Reference (Deposit): 1973 RECON CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, BULL. 1304.
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