The Silica Prospect is a mine located in Washington county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,600 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: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 44.5458, -116.99280
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Silica Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silica Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Silica
Location
State: Idaho
County: Washington
District: Mineral 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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Physiographic Detail: Hitt Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal
Rocks
Name: Trondhjemite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Trondhjemite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: IMPURITIES ARE RARE, BUT TOURMALINE SUNS ARE LOCALLY PRESENT AND ARE AS MUCH AS ONE FOOT IN DIAMETER.
Materials
Gangue: Tourmaline
Unknown: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED 2 MILES EAST OF IRON MOUNTAIN
References
Reference (Deposit): HENRICKSEN, T., 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL - IRON MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, IDAHO: CORVALLIS, OREGON STATE UNIV., PH.D. THESIS, 205 P
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