The Burnt Cabin Prospect is a copper mine located in Kootenai county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,848 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,848 Feet (1,173 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 47.7719, -116.57810
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Burnt Cabin Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Burnt Cabin Prospect
Secondary: Inland Premier Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Kootenai
District: Little North Fork 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: Coeur d'Alene National Forest
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Burnt Cabin Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Mesothermal Deposit
Operation Type: Underground
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Coeur D'Alene Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Structure: Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of WNW Trend
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Silicification
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Sericitization
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Bleaching
Rocks
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Siderite
Comments
Comment (Location): Near Burnt Creek Saddle And Fault
Comment (Development): 15 Unpatented Claims
Comment (Geology): Original Structures entry: Regional - Broad Much - Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of Wnw Trend
Comment (Geology): Original alteration entry: Local - Bleaching; Sericitization; Silicification
Comment (Geology): Original ore control entry: Fissure; Mesothermal Deposit
References
Reference (Deposit): Anderson, A. L., 1940 , Geology And Metalliferous Deposits Of Kootenai County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 53 , 67 P.
Reference (Deposit): Mc Dowell, G. A., 1954 , 56 Th Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1954 , P. 108
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