The Johnson Creek Prospect No. 2 is a silver mine located in Elmore county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,100 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: 7,100 Feet (2,164 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 43.9756, -115.21390
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Johnson Creek Prospect No. 2 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Johnson Creek Prospect No. 2
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Idaho
County: Elmore
District: Black Warrior 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: Boise National Forest
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: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Sawtooth Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: STRINGERS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A 4 INCH SAMPLE ACROSS FOOTWALL VEIN ASSAYED 0.004 OZ AU, 9.6 OZ AG/TON, 1.0 % CU, 0.2 % PB, 0.07 % ZN, 0.3 % BI, 1.0 % MO, TRACE SN
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): N Of Trail Along Johnson Creek And 1 Mi S Of Big Buck Mountain
Comment (Workings): 1 Adit
References
Reference (Deposit): Kiilsgaard, T. H., And Others, 1970, Mineral Resources Of The Sawtooth Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1319-D, 174p.
Reference (Deposit): 1970 Recon T. H. Kiilsgaard And Others, Bulletin 1319-
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