Grand Prize Mine

The Grand Prize Mine is a lead mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 8,251 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

Name: Grand Prize Mine  

State:  Idaho

County:  Custer

Elevation: 8,251 Feet (2,515 Meters)

Commodity: Lead

Lat, Long: 43.8772, -113.67580

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Grand Prize Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Grand Prize Mine
Secondary: Champion Cliff Creek Group
Secondary: Ausich Group


Commodity

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


Location

State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Alder Creek 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: Challis National Forest


Holdings

Type: Patented


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
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: White Knob Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Sand
Gangue: Siderite


Comments

Comment (Location): 1000 Ft SE of Saddle Magnetite Prospect

Comment (Production): Production Totalled $10,000

Comment (Development): 1 Patented Claim

Comment (Geology): Host Rock Referred To As Dacite By Leland (1957) and Granite Porphyry By Umpleby (1917).


References

Reference (Deposit): Leland, G. R., 1957, General Geology And Mineralization Of The Mackay Stock Area: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M. S. Thesis, 71 P.

Reference (Deposit): Nelson, W. H., And Ross, C. P., 1968, Geology Of Part Of The Alder Creek Mining District, Custer County, Idho: USGS Bulletin 1252-A, 30 P.

Reference (Deposit): Umpleby, J. B., 1917, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Mackay Region, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 97, 129 P.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-4, No. 578, P. 241.

Reference (Production): Leland, G. R., 1957, Univ. Of Idaho, M. S. Thesis


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