Climax Prospect

Occurrence in Washington county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070204
MRDS ID W012950
MAS/MILS ID 0160870019
Record type Site
Current site name Climax Prospect
Alternate or previous names Bownlee Creek Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.8141, 44.73237 (WGS84)
Elevation 1539
Relative position LOCATED 1 MILE EAST OF BROWNLEE RANGER STATION.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Advent Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McCall(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Weiser(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 016N 004W 10 NWSESW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG RIDGE WHICH LIES E OF BROWNLEE CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE IS COARSE IN TEXTURE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Seven Devils Volcanics;Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite
    Rock description Seven Devils Volcanics;Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Seven Devils Volcanics
    Rock description Seven Devils Volcanics

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.8141, 44.73237

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 48.77M
    Width 9.14M
    Depth to bottom 164.59M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Crest Of Small Fold In Calcareous Rocks.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VOLCANICS ARE: UNDIFFERENTIATED KERATOPHYRES, META ANDESITES, VOLCANICLASTIC ROCKS, CHERTS AND LIMESTONE LENSES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cuddy Mtn. District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Paul Raymond ( 1923 )

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • MORE THAN 1000 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORK WAS DONE IN EARLY 1900'S. WORKINGS ARE A 820-FT CROSSCUT TUNNEL. SEVERAL DRIFTS AND A 230 FT SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FANKHAUSER, R. E., 1969, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE SOUTHERN CUDDY MOUNTAINS, WASHINGTON COUNTY, IDAHO, CORVALLIS, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY, MS THESIS, 138 P.

  • Deposit

    LIVINGSTON, D.C., 1925 , A GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE MINERAL AND CUDDY MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICT, WASHINGTON AND ADAMS COUNTIES, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 13 , 24 P.

  • Deposit

    1925 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 1

  • Deposit

    IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 97, 1954, P. 20.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1975 Moody, Ula L.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-MAR-1995 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.