The B and B No. 4 Claim is a antimony and mercury mine located in Valley county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,270 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: 7,270 Feet (2,216 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony, Mercury
Lat, Long: 45.0622, -115.41220
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B and B No. 4 Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: B and B No. 4 Claim
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Primary: Mercury
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Idaho
County: Valley
District: Big Creek 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: Payette National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Frank Callender And Ray Nissula
Owner Name: Ray Nissula
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1964
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: VEINLETS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MERCURY CONTENT OF SELECTED SAMPLES IS 0.5 - 5.0%
Materials
Ore: Boulangerite
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Barite
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): IN PAYETTE NATIONAL FOREST
Comment (Development): GROUP OF B AND B UNPATENTED CLAIMS
References
Reference (Deposit): 1964 RECON B. F. LEONARD, PROF PAPER 525-
Reference (Deposit): LEONARD, B. F., 1965, MERCURY-BEARING ANTIMONY DEPOSIT BETWEEN BIG CREEK AND YELLOW PINE, CENTRAL IDAHO: USGS PROF PAPER 525-B, P 23 - 28
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