The East Brownlee Creek is a mine located in Washington county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,601 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: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 44.7544, -116.77610
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East Brownlee Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: East Brownlee Creek
Secondary: East Brownlee Creek Prospect Pits
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Washington
District: Cuddy Mountain 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
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Surface
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: Cuddy Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: POD-SHAPED, STRINGERS, IRREG. MASSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Augite
Gangue: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Location): PROSPECTS LOCATED AT THE HEAD OF EAST BROWNLEE CREEK.
Comment (Workings): CONSISTS OF SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS.
Comment (Deposit): FANKHAUSER DESCRIBES THIS AREA AS "DISSEMINATIONS OF MAGNETITE AND CHALCOPYRITE OCCUR IN HORNBLENDE GABBRO AT THE HEAD OF EAST BROWLEE CREEK."
References
Reference (Deposit): FANKHAUSER, R. E., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE SOUTHERN CUDDY MOUNTAINS, WASHINGTON COUNTY, IDAHO: CORVALLIS, OREGON STATE UNIV., MS THESIS, 138 P
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