The Hide Out Prospect is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,401 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: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Fluorine-Fluorite
Lat, Long: 44.2675, -114.85890
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Hide Out Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hide Out Prospect
Secondary: Lynch Creek
Commodity
Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Stanley 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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Humble Oil Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Texas
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: 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: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Idaho Batholith
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Kaolinization, Silicified
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 1 CHIP SAMPLE ACROSS QUARTZ - F ZONE: 39.7 % CAF2
Analytical Data: ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY READINGS OF 0.11 TO 0.45 MILLIROENTGENS/HOUR
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chalcedony
Comments
Comment (Workings): The Workings Consist of 3 Adits and Several Bulldozer Cuts.
Comment (Deposit): Vein Attitudes Range N 5 Deg E, 90 Deg To N 12 Deg W, 66 Deg SW
Comment (Deposit): 12-76 Qtz & Fluorite Occur Along A Silicified Shear Zone Abo Meter Thick. Several Caved Adits--One Reported To Be 36 M L 12-76 Sample By Tschanz Across Zone Contained 39.7% Fluorite 12-76 the Outlook For Fluorite Resources Is Not Favorable.
References
Reference (Deposit): Choate, Raoul, 1962, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Stanley Area: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 126, 120 P.
Reference (Deposit): Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, Mineral Resources Of The Eastern Part Of The Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Custer And Blaine Counties, Idaho: USGS Open - File Reports, 648 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1962 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 126
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-3, No. 377, P. 194.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1545-E, 1986, P. 448.
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