The D H D Prospect is a silver mine located in Camas county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,001 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: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 43.7936, -115.00000
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D H D Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: D H D Prospect
Secondary: DHD Claim
Secondary: Lee Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Camas
District: Yuba 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: Sawtooth National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Hilmer Lindberg And Others
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1964
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not 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: Sawtooth Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: VEINLETS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Iron Oxide
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.7 - 50 PPM AG
Analytical Data: 7,000 PPM PB IN 2 (CHIP AND FLOAT) SAMPLES
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pegmatite
Comments
Comment (Location): Claim In On The South Fork Of Ross Fork, About 1.2 Kilometer West Of The Junction Of The North And South Forks Of Ross Fork.
Comment (Commodity): Sample Taken Across A 0.5 M Width Of The Zone, Contained 0.7 Ppm Silver.
References
Reference (Deposit): Kiilsgaard, T. H., And Others, 1970, Mineral Resources Of The Sawtooth Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1319-D, 174p.
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