The Wilford Prospect is a copper mine located in Adams county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,751 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,751 Feet (1,448 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 45.0914, -116.69940
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Wilford Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wilford Prospect
Secondary: National Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Adams
District: Seven Devils 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: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Physiographic Detail: Seven Devils Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Ne Trending Units
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Chloritization, Epidotization, Sericite
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chrysocolla
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Ilmenite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): Near The Head Of The First Ravine W Of Cuprum
Comment (Development): The Wilford Is One Claim In A Group Of 30 Known As The National Group
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, P. 31.
Reference (Deposit): Morganti, J. M., 1972, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Cuprum Area, Seven Devils Mining District, Hells Canyon, Idaho: Pullman, Wash., Wash. State Univ., M S Thesis, 153 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1920 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Bulletin
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