The Parks Prospect is a gold mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,641 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,641 Feet (2,329 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.0119, -114.54440
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Parks Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Parks Prospect
Secondary: Park Mine
Secondary: Mayfield
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Yellowjacket 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: Salmon National Forest
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Ernie Parks
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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 - Bighorn Crags
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BUNCHES OR LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Structure: Faults
Type: L
Structure: Brecciation
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Gouge
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Chloritization
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Fe Stain
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Biotite
Comments
Comment (Location): In Steep-Sided Gulch Directly Across From The Black Eagle; Less Than 200 Yd From Hoodoo Creek.
Comment (Workings): 1 Short Adit On N - Ward Facing Slope And Some Caved Adits Across On Other Side Of Gulch
Comment (Geology): Hoodoo Quartzite Strikes N 30 Deg W, Dips 85 Deg Ne
Comment (Development): Several Unpatented Claims
Comment (Geology): Original Structures entry: Local - Brecciation, Faults
Comment (Geology): Original alteration entry: Local - 4 Inches Gouge; Fe Stain; Chloritization
References
Reference (Deposit): Anderson, A. L., 1953, Gold - Copper - Lead Deposits Of The Yellowjacket District, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 94, 41 P
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