The Four V Prospect is a mine located in Washington county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,751 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: 4,751 Feet (1,448 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 44.7572, -116.81190
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Four V Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Four V Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Roy Van Fossan
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Box 1 Cambridge, Idaho
Info Year: 1992
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
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: LENS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Domes And Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS SHOW UP TO 300 OZ. AG.
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): 1962 RECON I.B.M.G. OPEN-FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): STALEY, W. W., 1962, FOUR V: IDAHO BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT.
Reference (Deposit): 1925 RECON I.B.M.G. PAMPHLET 13
Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, D. C., 1925, RECON. OF THE MINERAL AND CUDDY MOUNTAIN DISTRICTS, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 13, 24 P.
Reference (Deposit): NEARBY IXL HAD MAPPING BY AGATIN ABBOTT.
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