The Great West Prospect is a silver and gold mine located in Owyhee county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,421 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: 6,421 Feet (1,957 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 43.0219, -116.69810
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Great West Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Great West Prospect
Secondary: Quaker Group
Secondary: Chapman
Secondary: Orofino Vein
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Idaho
County: Owyhee
District: French District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Owyhee Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): 14 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ( 1933 )
Comment (Workings): 2 TUNNELS ( 1933 )
Comment (Location): 1 MI N OF WAR EAGLE MTN SUMMIT
References
Reference (Deposit): PIPER, A. M., AND LANEY, F. B., 1926, GEOLOGY AND METALLIFEROUS RESOURCES OF THE REGION ABOUT SILVER CITY IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 11, 165 P.
Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, W. H., 1933 , 35TH ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1933.
Reference (Deposit): 1926 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 1
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