The Monte Cristo Prospect is a mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,598 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: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 44.55306, -114.82306
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Monte Cristo Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Monte Cristo Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Loon Creek 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: Challis National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1907
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: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): 2 TUNNELS. LOWER ONE IS 1700 FT ABOVE THE CREEK AND 700 FT LONG. UPPER ONE IS 1900 FT ABOVE THE CREEK. THE ENTRANCE TO THE TUNNEL HAS PROBABLY BEEN OBSCURED BY AN IRRIGATION CANAL
Comment (Location): ON N SIDE OF MAYFIELD CR NEAR MOUTH
Comment (Development): 10 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
References
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C. P., 1934, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CASTO QUADRANGLE, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 854, 135 P.
Reference (Deposit): YINGER, M. A., 1976 , GEOLOGY OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE LOON CREEK MINING DISTRICT, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M.S. THESIS, P. 94 - 96 .
Reference (Deposit): 1934 GEOLMAP ROSS, C. P., BULL. 85
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