The Douglass Prospect is a copper mine located in Adams county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,001 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: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 45.1453, -116.64810
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Douglass Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Douglass Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Adams
District: Seven Devils 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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: John L. Thompson
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Seven Devils Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): On Kinney Cr. Slope A Few Hundred Ft. Below Top Of White Monument Claim.
Comment (Development): Patented Claim. Adjoins White Monument Claim On The Sw.
Comment (Workings): Dump On Claim Site
References
Reference (Deposit): Livingston, D. C., And Laney, F. B., 1920, The Copper Deposits Of The Seven Devils And Adjacent Districts: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology, Bulletin 1, P. 7
Reference (Deposit): 1920 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol., Bulletin
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