The Clark Colleen Claims is a silver mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,801 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: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 44.5383, -115.11000
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Clark Colleen Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Clark Colleen Claims
Secondary: Summit Claim
Secondary: Collister Property Claim
Secondary: Perky Claim
Secondary: Lost Trail Group
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Seafoam 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Novosad, Andy G.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1982
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Development): 4 PATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Location): N SIDE SEAFOAM CREEK, 3 MI ABOVE JCT WITH RAPID RIVER
References
Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY, J. B., AND LIVINGSTON, D. C., 1920, A RECONNAISSANCE IN SOUTH CENTRAL IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 3, 23 P
Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 87-83,1983, MAP NO. 27, APPENDIX.
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