Clear Grit and Rooster Goose Mine

The Clear Grit and Rooster Goose Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 2,740 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: Clear Grit and Rooster Goose Mine  

State:  Idaho

County:  Shoshone

Elevation: 2,740 Feet (835 Meters)

Commodity: Lead, Silver

Lat, Long: 47.61361, -115.95889

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Clear Grit and Rooster Goose Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Clear Grit and Rooster Goose Mine
Secondary: R-G Mining Co. Group
Secondary: Silver Bar Vein


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc


Location

State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Coeur D'Alene District (Beaver Creek)


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: Coeur d'Alene National Forest


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: R-G Mining Co. (Howard Bradberry?)


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1908
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Coeur D'Alene Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: LENTICULAR, STRINGERS


Structure

Type: L
Description: Area Highly Faulted


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Plutonic Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: AVERAGE 10 % PB, 4 OZ AG


Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Production): VERY SMALL AMOUNT FROM CLEAR GRIT TUNNEL

Comment (Development): 21 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, 1 UNPATENTED PLACER CLAIM IN MISSOURI GULCH AND 19 CLAIMS IN PROSPECT GULCH. COMPRESSOR, MUCKING MACHINE, SKIP AND HOIST

Comment (Location): CLEAR GRIT ON PROSPECT CREEK


References

Reference (Deposit): 1973 GEOLMAP R-G MIN. CO

Reference (Production): GREEN, W. R., 1966 , IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT., 2 P.

Reference (Deposit): WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 75 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 110

Reference (Deposit): SPOKANE CHRONICLE, APRIL 1 , 1969 ; JAN. 20 , 1977

Reference (Deposit): HOSTERMAN, J. W., 1956, GEOLOGY OF THE MURRAY AREA, SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO, USGS BULL 1027-P

Reference (Deposit): 1953 GEOLMAP J. W. HOSTERMAN, BULL. 1027 - P

Reference (Deposit): 1966 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPT.

Reference (Deposit): 1973 DIREXPL R-G MIN. CO.

Reference (Deposit): GREEN, WILLIAM R., 1966 , IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPORT, 2 P.


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