Great West Prospect

The Great West Prospect is a silver and gold mine located in Owyhee county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,421 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: Great West Prospect  

State:  Idaho

County:  Owyhee

Elevation: 6,421 Feet (1,957 Meters)

Commodity: Silver, Gold

Lat, Long: 43.0219, -116.69810

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Great West Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Great West Prospect
Secondary: Quaker Group
Secondary: Chapman
Secondary: Orofino Vein


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold


Location

State: Idaho
County: Owyhee
District: French 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

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


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: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Physiographic Detail: Owyhee Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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

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

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Development): 14 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ( 1933 )

Comment (Workings): 2 TUNNELS ( 1933 )

Comment (Location): 1 MI N OF WAR EAGLE MTN SUMMIT


References

Reference (Deposit): PIPER, A. M., AND LANEY, F. B., 1926, GEOLOGY AND METALLIFEROUS RESOURCES OF THE REGION ABOUT SILVER CITY IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 11, 165 P.

Reference (Deposit): SIMONS, W. H., 1933 , 35TH ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1933.

Reference (Deposit): 1926 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 1


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