The Grade Creek Prospect is a copper, zinc, silver, and lead mine located in Washington county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,800 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: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 44.77256, -116.83360
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Grade Creek Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grade Creek Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Bunker Hill Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Comments
Comment (Workings): ONE SMALL ADIT PRESENT. (ADIT TRENDED N 30 DEG W)
Comment (Geology): THE CAMP CREEK LATITE IS A PORPHYRITIC FLOW WITH PHENOCRYSTS OF ORTHOCLASE AND PLAGIOCLASE SET IN AN APHANITIC GROUNDMASS.
Comment (Location): LIES NORTH OF BELMONT CLAIMS.
Comment (Deposit): GRADE CREEK CONGLOMERATE IS PEBBLE TO COBBLE IN SIZE, WITH RED, PURPLE AND GREEN CLASTS OF DOMINANTLY EXTRUSIVE ROCKS.
References
Reference (Deposit): FANKHAUSER, R. E., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE SOUTHERN CUDDY MOUNTAINS, WASHINGTON COUNTY, IDAHO: CORVALLIS, OREGON STATE UNIV., MS THESIS, 138 P.
Reference (Deposit): SLATER, M. N., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE WESTERN CUDDY MTN. DISTRICT, WESTERN IDAHO: CORVALLIS, OREGON STATE UNIV., MS THESIS, 82 P.
Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, D.C., 1925 , A GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE MINERAL AND CUDDY MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICT, WASHINGTON AND ADAMS COUNTIES, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 13 , 24 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1925 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 1
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