The White Rabbit Prospect is a copper mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,001 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: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 44.9706, -114.54360
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White Rabbit Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Rabbit Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Yellowjacket 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: Salmon National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Steen Family
Owner Name: George Steen
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: 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
Form: NARROW, DISCONTINUOUS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Description: Altered Quartzite
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Description: Altered Quartzite
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: FS MIN EXAM 1959 LEWIECK
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): Mill
Comment (Location): In Gulch Some Distance W And Above Yellowjacket Creek
Comment (Identification): This Claim Is Part Of The Yellow Jacket Group Which Consists Of Over 100 Claims. District Has Been Recurrently Active Since The 1880s
Comment (Geology): Late Cretaceous - Early Tertiary Associated Rock Dikes
References
Reference (Deposit): Anderson, Alfred L., 1953, Gold - Copper - Lead Deposits Of The Yellowjacket District, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 94, 41 P
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