Nethken Prospects

The Nethken Prospects is a mine located in Valley county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,499 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: Nethken Prospects  

State:  Idaho

County:  Valley

Elevation: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 44.9353, -115.33310

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Nethken Prospects MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Nethken Prospects


Commodity

Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Gold


Location

State: Idaho
County: Valley
District: Yellow Pine District


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite


Comments

Comment (Geology): 1 SET FRACTURES STRIKES N AND DIPS 75 DEG E, ANOTHER SET STRIKES N 15 DEG W AND DIPS 40 DEG W.

Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS.


References

Reference (Deposit): 1935 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 4

Reference (Deposit): CURRIER, L.W., 1935 , A PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE YELLOW PINE DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 43, 27 P


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