The Franklin D. Prospect is a lead, silver, and gold mine located in Valley county, Idaho at an elevation of 8,100 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: 8,100 Feet (2,469 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 44.6664, -115.29810
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Franklin D. Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Franklin D. Prospect
Secondary: In 4th of July Group
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Idaho
County: Valley
District: Pistol Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Primitive 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.
Administrative Organization: Idaho Primitive Area
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: 1938
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
Form: PODS, IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Brecciation, Faulting
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Fe - Stained
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 48 SAMPLES ASSAYED TRACE TO 2.19 OZ AU/TON, TRACE TO 11.80 OZ AG/TON. AVERAGE ALONG VEIN OF 0.88 OZ AU/TON, 4.62 OZ AG/TON.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Barite
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): AT HEAD OF FORTY - FIVE CREEK
Comment (Commodity): BRECCIA CONTAINS UP TO 5% ANGLESITE
References
Reference (Deposit): 1973 RECON CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, BULL. 130
Reference (Deposit): CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1304, 431 P.
Reference (Deposit): MINOBRAS, 1975, IDAHO INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: MINOBRAS, P. 34 - 36.
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