Duerden Prospect

The Duerden Prospect is a silver mine located in Idaho county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,699 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

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Site Name

Primary: Duerden Prospect
Secondary: Durden Mine
Secondary: Morgan Whistler

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: Idaho
County: Idaho
District: Marshall Lake 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

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: C. W. Daughs
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Oregon
Years: 1943 -

Owner Name: Jack Duerdon
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Idaho
Years: 1943 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
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

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Oxidation

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Hydrothermal
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal, Oxidation

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 1 SAMPLE ASSAYED 4.8 OZ AG/TON, 6% PB, 31% ZN

Materials

Ore: Covellite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Tremolite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Actinolite

Comments

Comment (Location): On Quartz Creek

Comment (Workings): Adits, Open Cuts

Comment (Geology): Lorain (1938) Calls Host Rock Hydrothermally Altered Granitic Rocks; Jones (1959) Says Gneissic Marbles In Gneiss With Metallization Controlled By South Surface Of Marble

References

Reference (Deposit): Lorain, S. H., 1938, Gold Mining And Milling In Idaho County, Idaho: USBM Inf. Circ. 7039, 90 P.

Reference (Deposit): Jones, R. W., 1959, Durden Mine: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open-File Rept.

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