The Horseman's Prospect is a copper mine located in Nez Perce county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,399 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,399 Feet (1,036 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 46.0678, -116.70940
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Horseman's Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Horseman's Prospect
Secondary: George Horseman's Property
Secondary: Winchester Copper
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Idaho
County: Nez Perce
District: Deer Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Svan P. Olander, Emily A. Olander
Owner Name: Svan P. Olander
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
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
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: REPORTED 3% CU, 2 OZ AG, AND ABOUT 50 CENTS AU/TON.
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): Open Cuts, Tunnels, Small Shafts
Comment (Deposit): Bonanza Copper Vein Strikes S 57 Deg E, Dips 40 Deg S; Second Vein Series Strikes Slightly E. Of N.; Third Vein Series Strikes E-W.
Comment (Location): On Nez Perce-Lewis Counties Boundary; 11 Mi Sw Of Mason Butte; Property Is Situated Where Flat Timbered Summit Of Craig Mountain Changes To The Steep Grassy Slopes Of Salmon River Canyon.
Comment (Development): 9 Unpatented Claims And Some Patented Ground In Sec. 33.
References
Reference (Deposit): Livingston, D. C., And Laney, F. B., 1920, The Copper Deposits Of The Seven Devils And Adjacent Districts: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin 1, 105 P.
Reference (Deposit): Hubbard, C. R., 1956, Geology And Mineral Resources Of Nez Perce County: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology County Rept. 1, 17 P.
Reference (Deposit): Hubbard, C. R., 1955, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open-File Report, 6 P.
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