Horseman's Prospect

The Horseman's Prospect is a copper mine located in Nez Perce county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,399 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Horseman's Prospect
Secondary: George Horseman's Property
Secondary: Winchester Copper

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Idaho
County: Nez Perce
District: Deer Creek District

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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.

Holdings

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Svan P. Olander, Emily A. Olander

Owner Name: Svan P. Olander

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Walla Walla Plateau

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: REPORTED 3% CU, 2 OZ AG, AND ABOUT 50 CENTS AU/TON.

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Workings): Open Cuts, Tunnels, Small Shafts

Comment (Deposit): Bonanza Copper Vein Strikes S 57 Deg E, Dips 40 Deg S; Second Vein Series Strikes Slightly E. Of N.; Third Vein Series Strikes E-W.

Comment (Location): On Nez Perce-Lewis Counties Boundary; 11 Mi Sw Of Mason Butte; Property Is Situated Where Flat Timbered Summit Of Craig Mountain Changes To The Steep Grassy Slopes Of Salmon River Canyon.

Comment (Development): 9 Unpatented Claims And Some Patented Ground In Sec. 33.

References

Reference (Deposit): Livingston, D. C., And Laney, F. B., 1920, The Copper Deposits Of The Seven Devils And Adjacent Districts: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin 1, 105 P.

Reference (Deposit): Hubbard, C. R., 1956, Geology And Mineral Resources Of Nez Perce County: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology County Rept. 1, 17 P.

Reference (Deposit): Hubbard, C. R., 1955, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open-File Report, 6 P.

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