The Meadowview Prospect is a zinc and silver mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 9,400 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: 9,400 Feet (2,865 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Silver
Lat, Long: 44.0217, -114.65690
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Meadowview Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Meadowview Prospect
Secondary: Meadow View
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: East Fork 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: Sawtooth National Forest
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Elmer Enderlin
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1978
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: White Cloud Peaks
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, REPLACEMENT
Form: LENTICULAR, PODS, STRINGERS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: MODERATE CARBONATE SILIC
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: NO 1. VEIN: 0.27% WO3, 5.2% ZN, 0.28 OZ AG/TON
Analytical Data: OTHER RANDOM SAMPLES RANGED FROM 2.7 - 10.4% ZN, 0.08 - 0.44% WO3, 0.22 - 0.40 OZ AG/TON, 0.001% PB, 0.02% CU.
Analytical Data: NO. 2 VEIN: 0.30% WO3, 7.2% ZN, 0.36 OZ AG/TON.
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Tremolite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hornblende
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 3 Veins
Comment (Reserve-Resource): 10000 Tons No. 2 Vein; 4500 Tons No. 1 Vein
References
Reference (Deposit): Cook, E. F., 1956, Tungsten Deposits Of South - Central Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 108, 40 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 Rept., 648 P.
Reference (Deposit): Cook, E. R. Prospecting For Uranium, Thorium, And Tungsten. Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology, Pamp. 102, 1955, Pp. 23-24.
Reference (Deposit): Ross, C. P. Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Bayhorse Region, Custer County, Idaho. U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 877, 1937, 161 Pp.
Reference (Deposit): The Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Custer And Blaine Counties, Idaho. U. S. Geological Survey, Open File Report, 1974, Pp. 435-442.
Reference (Deposit): Vannoy & Others, 1986, USGS Bulletin1545e, P.330, Pl.3, No.117
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