The Helen Zucker Prospect is a mine located in Washington county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,100 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: 3,100 Feet (945 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 44.2486, -116.71470
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Helen Zucker Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Helen Zucker Prospect
Secondary: Zucker Property
Secondary: Parker Group
Commodity
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: Idaho
County: Washington
District: Weiser
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Zucker Mine
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1942
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: Nutmeg Mountain
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BLANKET , IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Broad Anticline Of Nw Trend
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Opalitization
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Opal
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): PROPERTY CONSISTS OF SHALLOW PITS, SHAFTS, TUNNELS.
Comment (Geology): OPALITE IN SANDSTONE BOULDERS
Comment (Development): PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ( 1943 )
Comment (Location): ADJOINS THE IDAHO - ALMADEN MINE ON THE NORTHWEST.
References
Reference (Deposit): MERCURY IN IDAHO, 1965, USBM IC 8252
Reference (Deposit): MINES AND PROSPECTS OF THE BAKER QUAD., IBMG MINES AND PROSPECTS MAP SERIES, VE MITCHELL, ET AL.
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C. P., 1956 , QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS NEAR WEISER, WASHINGTON COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1042-D, P. 99 - 100 .
Reference (Deposit): 1941 RECON C. P. ROSS AND C. H. DANE, BULL. 1042-
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