Boise Creek Prospect

The Boise Creek Prospect is a gold mine located in Idaho county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,402 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: Boise Creek Prospect  

State:  Idaho

County:  Idaho

Elevation: 2,402 Feet (732 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 45.4494, -115.43830

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Boise Creek Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Boise Creek Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Feldspar


Location

State: Idaho
County: Idaho
District: Dixie 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: Nez Perce National Forest


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Surface


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
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

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: PEGMATITE FROM DUMP CONTAINS FELDSPAR CRYSTALS UP TO 1.5 INCHES ACROSS. ONLY A TRACE OF GOLD FOUND.


Materials

Ore: Feldspar


Comments

Comment (Workings): 2 Old Prospect Pits, Now Sloughed Nearly Full.

Comment (Location): A Short Distance Above Salmon River Trail Near Boise Creek Land Status Value Calculated 7-94 Using GIS Overlay Analysis With USFS Land Ownership Boundaries, 1:126,720 Scale.

Comment (Geology): Just Across The Salmon River To The South, Cater (1973, USGS Bulletin 1304) Labels Weis' Pre - Belt Gneiss As Cretaceous Gneissic Quartz Monzonite Of The Idaho Batholith


References

Reference (Deposit): Weis, P. L., Schmitt, L. J., And Tuchek, E. T., 1972, Mineral Resources Of The Salmon River Breaks Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1353-C, P. 2

Reference (Deposit): IBMG, Mines And Prospects Of The Elk City Quad., V.E. Mitchell, Et Al, 1981.


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