The Floodwood Creek Prospect is a silver and copper mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 47.0389, -115.94440
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Floodwood Creek Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Floodwood Creek Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: St. Joe 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
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/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: Clearwater Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR, LENTICULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE SAMPLE YIELDED $2.48 IN AU, AG, CU, AND PB ( 1911 PRICES ). PICKED SAMPLE HAD TRACE AU, 0.8 OZ AG, 2.1 % CU.
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Bornite
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE HOST ROCK IS CRUMPLED INJECTION GNEISS COMPOSED OF ALTERNATING THIN LAYERS OF DARK MICA SCHIST AND WHITE PEGMATITE
References
Reference (Deposit): COLLIER, A. J., 1905 , ORE DEPOSITS IN THE ST. JOE RIVER BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 285 , P. 136
Reference (Deposit): 1905 RECON A. J. COLLIER, BULL. 285
Reference (Deposit): 1911 OTHER J. T. PARDEE, BULL. 470
Reference (Deposit): PARDEE, J. T., 1911 , GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE UPPER ST. JOE RIVER BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 470 , P. 39 - 61
Idaho Gold
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