The Mountain Vein Prospect is a silver mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,900 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: 6,900 Feet (2,103 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 44.2758, -114.95640
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Mountain Vein Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mountain Vein Prospect
Secondary: Pocket
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Stanley 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: Challis National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: R. Davis, R. Niece
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1900
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR, PODS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Idaho Batholith
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Iron - Oxide Stains
Rocks
Name: Granodiorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Cretaceous
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Description: Rhyolite Dike
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Tertiary
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLES ACROSS SHEAR ZONE RANGED FROM 0.1 - 0.9 OZ AG/TON, TRACE PB, ZN, CU
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): Located High On the Rounded Ridge W of Stanley Creek
Comment (Commodity): The Silver Indicator Plant Eriogonum Ovalifolium Depressum Grows In the Vicinity of the Small Prospect Pit.
Comment (Commodity): Minor Amounts of A Black (Silver?) Mineral Occur In Quartz Stringers.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S
Comment (Workings): 1 Trench 10 Ft Deep, 1 Pit
References
Reference (Deposit): Choate, Raoul, 1962, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Stanley Area: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 126, P. 9
Reference (Deposit): IBMG Mines & Prospects Of Challis Quad, 1982, Mitchell.
Reference (Deposit): Vannoy & Others, 1986, USGS Bulletin1545e, P.389, Pl.3, No.21
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