Blue Bluff Prospect

The Blue Bluff Prospect is a mine located in Valley county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,799 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Blue Bluff Prospect  

State:  Idaho

County:  Valley

Elevation: 7,799 Feet (2,377 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 45.1583, -115.38640

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Blue Bluff Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Blue Bluff Prospect


Commodity

Tertiary: Copper


Location

State: Idaho
County: Valley
District: Edwardsburg 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: Payette National Forest


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


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

Type: L
Description: Brecciation, Slickenslides


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Brecciation


Rocks

Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Dacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Feldspar
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Geology): KIRKPATRICK (1974) IS UNSURE OF THE AGE OF THE QUARTZ - FELDSPAR GNEISS, BUT BELIEVES IT IS BETWEEN PRECAMBRIAN AND CRETACEOUS; OTHER PRIOR AUTHORS HAVE LABELED THIS ROCK AS CRETACEOUS GRANITIC ROCK OF THE IDAHO BATHOLITH.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT MARKS EASTERN EDGE OF A SERIES OF NORTH TRENDING QUARTZ - FISSURE FILLINGS THAT EXTEND FOR A MILE AND A HALF TO THE WEST

Comment (Location): ONE MILE NORTH OF GOLDMAN CUT

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL OLD PROSPECTS AND ADITS AND A 350 FT LONG BULLDOZER TRENCH


References

Reference (Deposit): KIRKPATRICK, G. E., 1974, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BIG CREEK AREA, VALLEY AND IDAHO COUNTIES, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M.S. THESIS, P. 40 - 42


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