The War Eagle Prospect is a gold mine located in Idaho county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,799 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: 7,799 Feet (2,377 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.3272, -115.79920
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War Eagle Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: War Eagle Prospect
Secondary: Polaris
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Idaho
County: Idaho
District: Burgdorf 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: Payette National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: War Eagle Mining Co., Inc.
Owner Name: Giboy, Nick
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
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
Form: LENS, STRINGERS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: LIMONITE MAKES UP 5-25% VOLUME OF ORE
Analytical Data: METALLIC IRON CONTENT 60 - 65%
Analytical Data: ORE YIELDED $40 AU/TON BY AMALGAMATION
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): Near Top Of War Eagle Mtn.
Comment (Development): 3 Unpatented Claims, War Eagle Nos. 1, 2, 3
Comment (Workings): Several Open Cuts, Shaft, Adit
References
Reference (Deposit): Lorain, S. H., 1938, Gold Mining And Milling In Idaho County, Idaho: USBM Inf. Circ. 7039, 90 P., P. 75-76.
Reference (Deposit): Mackin, J. H., 1947, Iron Ore Deposits In The Clearwater District, Idaho County, Idaho: USGS Open-File Rept., 20 P.
Reference (Deposit): Griner, W. C., 1975, Seventy-First Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1973 - 1974, 98 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1938 Recon USBM Inf. Circ. 7039, P. 75-76.
Reference (Deposit): 1947 Recon J. H. Mackin, Open-File Rept.
Reference (Deposit): 1975 Compile State Mine Inspector'S Annual Report
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