The Little Sheepeater Prospect is a silver mine located in Idaho county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,999 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: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 45.3939, -115.40190
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Little Sheepeater Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Sheepeater Prospect
Secondary: Brownhorse Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Idaho
County: Idaho
District: Salmon River 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Discovery Year: 1949
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: PODS, LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 5 GRAB AND CHIP SAMPLES CONTAINED TRACE AU, 0.65 TO 1.48 OZ AG/TON, TRACE TO 0.01% CU, 0.06 TO 0.41% PB.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): On Ridge Crest Of Little Sheepeater Point Land Status Value Calculated 7-94 Using GIS Overlay Analysis With USFS Land Ownership Boundaries, 1:126,720 Scale.
Comment (Deposit): Second Vein Strikes N 25 Deg E And Dips 75 Deg Nw, Is 15 Ft Wide, 190 Ft Long. First Vein Is Described Above
Comment (Workings): 2 Adits, 6 Pits
Comment (Commodity): Five Samples Assayed Trace Gold, Trace To 0.01 Percent Copper, Ave 0.3 Percent Lead, And Ave. 39.74 Grams Per Tonne Mineralization Occurs In Two Quartz Veins.
References
Reference (Deposit): Cater, F. W., And Others, 1973, Mineral Resources Of The Idaho Primitive Area And Vicinity, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1304, 431 P
Reference (Deposit): WFOC Mineral Property File 0160490442.
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