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Campbell Magnetite Deposit Prospect

Past Producer in Washington county in Idaho, United States with commodities Iron, Copper, Silver
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  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Mineral rights holdings
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Reserves and resources
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070223
MRDS ID W012978
MAS/MILS ID 0160870065
Record type Site
Current site name Campbell Magnetite Deposit Prospect
Alternate or previous names Barton, W.J. Bryan, Siegwein Claims, Campbell Deposit, Last Chance

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.01581, 44.55757 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 20 MI. NORTH OF WEISER, IDAHO AND 6 MILES EAST OF THE SNAKE RIVER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monroe Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(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 014N 006W 12 C SW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON A SPUR BETWEEN FOURTH OF JULY CR AND A TRIBUTARY OF BARTON CR

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE BENEFICIATED BY WET AND DRY MAGNETIC METHODS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Leaching Of Sulfides Gives Limonite - Filled Cavities

Analytical data

Result MAGNETITE ORE CONTAINS 58% FE. ASSAY VALUE AVG 6 % CU, 6 OZ AG/TON, SAMPLED OVER A 12 - FT WIDTH FROM THE BARTON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Columbia River Basalt;Granodiorite Or Granite;Seven Devils Group-Greenstone
    Rock description Columbia River Basalt;Granodiorite Or Granite;Seven Devils Group-Greenstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Martin Bridge Formation-Marble
    Rock description Martin Bridge Formation-Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.01581, 44.55757
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description High-Angle Faulting And Westward Tilting Of The Fault Blocks.

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND STRINGERS
    Strike N 30 DEG E
    Dip 20 DEG W
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 121.92M
    Width 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Marble And Greenstone.

Comments on the geologic information

  • MARBLE IS UNDERLAIN BY GREENSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1897

Mining district

District name Iron Mountain District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Campbell, J. W. And Barton, Clifton
    First year 1943

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1947
    Measured 5000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 60 wt-pct Iron Major 1947
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1947
    Indicated 7000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 60 wt-pct Iron Major 1947
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1947
    Inferred 1000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 60 wt-pct Iron Major 1947

Comments on the workings information

  • A FEW SHORT ADITS ARE EXTENT OF WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 33 MI BY POOR ROAD TO UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD IN WEISER, IDAHO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHER, R. R., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCES - IRON: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPECIAL REPORT NO. 1, P. 104 - 111.

  • Deposit

    MACKIN, J. H., 1953, IRON - ORE DEPOSITS OF THE IRON MTN. DIST., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 982 - E, P. 53 - 73

  • Deposit

    BELL, R. N., 1918, NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1917, P. 98.

  • Deposit

    MACKIN, J.H., 1947 , IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF THE IRON MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, WASHINGTON COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT., 23 P.

  • Deposit

    5) SHANNON, E. V., 1926 , MINERALS OF IDAHO: US NATIONAL MUSEUM BULL. 131 , P. 196 .

  • Deposit

    1918 COMPILE 19TH ANN. REPT. MINING INDUSTRY

  • Deposit

    1926 COMPILE US NATL MUS BULL 131

  • Deposit

    1947 RECON MACKIN, J.H., OPEN-FILE REPT.

  • Deposit

    1953 GEOLMAP MACKIN, J.H., BULL. 982-E

  • Deposit

    1964 COMPILE IDAHO BUR MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC REPT NO 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 ORE BODIES, THE SOUTH AND NORTH
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1890'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1976 Nakai, Terry L.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-MAR-1995 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

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