The Grand Prize Mine is a lead mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 8,251 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,251 Feet (2,515 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 43.8772, -113.67580
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Grand Prize Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grand Prize Mine
Secondary: Champion Cliff Creek Group
Secondary: Ausich Group
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Alder Creek 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: Challis National Forest
Holdings
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: 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: White Knob Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Sand
Gangue: Siderite
Comments
Comment (Location): 1000 Ft SE of Saddle Magnetite Prospect
Comment (Production): Production Totalled $10,000
Comment (Development): 1 Patented Claim
Comment (Geology): Host Rock Referred To As Dacite By Leland (1957) and Granite Porphyry By Umpleby (1917).
References
Reference (Deposit): Leland, G. R., 1957, General Geology And Mineralization Of The Mackay Stock Area: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M. S. Thesis, 71 P.
Reference (Deposit): Nelson, W. H., And Ross, C. P., 1968, Geology Of Part Of The Alder Creek Mining District, Custer County, Idho: USGS Bulletin 1252-A, 30 P.
Reference (Deposit): Umpleby, J. B., 1917, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Mackay Region, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 97, 129 P.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-4, No. 578, P. 241.
Reference (Production): Leland, G. R., 1957, Univ. Of Idaho, M. S. Thesis
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