White Rabbit Prospect

The White Rabbit Prospect is a copper mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,001 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: White Rabbit Prospect  

State:  Idaho

County:  Lemhi

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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