The White Cloud Prospect is a silver mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 8,999 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: 8,999 Feet (2,743 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 44.0781, -114.67110
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White Cloud Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Cloud Prospect
Secondary: White Cloud #1-3
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Fourth Of July 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: Challis National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
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
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A CHIP SAMPLE TAKEN ACROSS THE QUARTZ VEIN ASSAYED 0.02 OZ AU/TON, 12.8 OZ AG/TON, 6.4 % ZN, AND 1.99 % SB. SAMPLES OF ALTERED QUARTZITE ASSAYED AS MUCH AS 0.4 OZ AG/TON, 0.2 % PB, AND 0.4 % ZN
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Jamesonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): 1 Prospect Pit
Comment (Location): 2 Mi N. of Blackman Peak, In Floor of Strawberry Basin
Comment (Geology): Fault Zone Strikes NE, Dips Steeply
References
Reference (Deposit): Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, Mineral Resources Of The Eastern Part Of The Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Custer And Blaine Countie, Idaho: USGS Open - File Rept., 648 P
Reference (Deposit): Vannoy & Others, 1986, USGS Bull. 1545e, P.341, Pl.3, No.102
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