The Clear Grit and Rooster Goose Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,740 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: 2,740 Feet (835 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 47.61361, -115.95889
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Clear Grit and Rooster Goose Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Clear Grit and Rooster Goose Mine
Secondary: R-G Mining Co. Group
Secondary: Silver Bar Vein
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Coeur D'Alene District (Beaver Creek)
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: Coeur d'Alene National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: R-G Mining Co. (Howard Bradberry?)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1908
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Coeur D'Alene Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR, STRINGERS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Area Highly Faulted
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE 10 % PB, 4 OZ AG
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): VERY SMALL AMOUNT FROM CLEAR GRIT TUNNEL
Comment (Development): 21 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, 1 UNPATENTED PLACER CLAIM IN MISSOURI GULCH AND 19 CLAIMS IN PROSPECT GULCH. COMPRESSOR, MUCKING MACHINE, SKIP AND HOIST
Comment (Location): CLEAR GRIT ON PROSPECT CREEK
References
Reference (Deposit): 1973 GEOLMAP R-G MIN. CO
Reference (Production): GREEN, W. R., 1966 , IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT., 2 P.
Reference (Deposit): WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 75 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 110
Reference (Deposit): SPOKANE CHRONICLE, APRIL 1 , 1969 ; JAN. 20 , 1977
Reference (Deposit): HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956, GEOLOGY OF THE MURRAY AREA, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO, USGS BULL 1027-P
Reference (Deposit): 1953 GEOLMAP J. W. HOSTERMAN, BULL. 1027 - P
Reference (Deposit): 1966 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPT.
Reference (Deposit): 1973 DIREXPL R-G MIN. CO.
Reference (Deposit): GREEN, WILLIAM R., 1966 , IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 2 P.
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