The Money Prospect is a gold mine located in Elmore county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,801 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: 5,801 Feet (1,768 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 43.8703, -115.18330
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Money Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Money Prospect
Secondary: Winner Group
Secondary: Little Queen Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Elmore
District: Black Warrior 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: Boise National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mr. Earl Money
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
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: Sawtooth Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: VEINLETS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Gouge, Silicification
Rocks
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE FROM A VEINLET 0.1 OZ. AU AND 0.14 OZ. AG/TON.
Analytical Data: TR. AU AND AG ACROSS GOUGE ZONE
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): 2 Adits, 2 Shafts, 1 Crosscut All On W. Side Of River
Comment (Location): At End Of Little Queens River Road 1 Mi. Upstream From Little Queens Mine
Comment (Development): Partly Collapsed Mill
Comment (Commodity): Samples Across Quartz Veinlet Altered Granitic And Altered Dike Rocks Contained A Range From Trace To 78.8 Gram Gold Per Metric Ton; Trace To 387 Gram Silver Per Metric Ton; Lead 1.9 Percent; Zinc 3.1 Percent.
References
Reference (Deposit): Kiilsgaard, T. H., And Others, 1970, Mineral Resources Of The Sawtooth Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1319-D, 174p.
Reference (Deposit): 1970 Other T. H. Kiilsgaard And Others, Bulletin 1319-
Reference (Deposit): V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al, Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Hailey Quad
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