The Bishop Claim Prospect is a mine located in Latah county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,999 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: 2,999 Feet (914 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 46.9667, -116.74810
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Bishop Claim Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bishop Claim Prospect
Secondary: Pinnell Vein
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Idaho
County: Latah
District: Blackfoot (Gold Hill) District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Walla Walla Plateau
Physiographic Detail: Clearwater Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pyroxenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Pyroxenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pyroxenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Cuprite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Siderite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON THE N SIDE OF HEATH GULCH IMMEDIATELY BELOW THE GOLD BUG MINE.
References
Reference (Deposit): FAICK, J. N., 1937, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GOLD HILL DISTRICT, LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, MS THESIS, P. 47
Idaho Gold
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