The True Blue Prospect is a mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,719 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,719 Feet (2,048 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 44.8642, -114.40560
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True Blue Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: True Blue Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Tellurium
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Gravel Range 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: Salmon National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Quantex Corp.
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: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Salmon River 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: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: VEIN AVG. VALUE $14 AU, AG/TON (1902), PAY STREAK RANGE $60 - 100 AU, AG/TON, 50 % AU, 50 % AG (1902
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): Original ore control entry: Fissure, Breccia Zone
References
Reference (Deposit): Carr, H.C., 1909 , Vein Structures In The Monument Mine: Mining And Scientific Press, V. 98 , No. 16 , P. 557 - 558.
Reference (Deposit): Bell, R. N., 1902, Thunder Mountain And Mackay, Idaho: Mining And Scientific Press, V. 84, No. 5, Pp. 62 - 63.
Reference (Deposit): Griner, W. C., 1974, Seventy - First Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1973 - 1974, 98 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1974 Compile Idaho State Mine Industry Ann. Rept
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