Edna May Prospect

Past Producer in Washington county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Lead
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Mineral rights holdings
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070086
MRDS ID W012766
MAS/MILS ID 0160870004
Record type Site
Current site name Edna May Prospect
Alternate or previous names Snowslide Prospect, Mundee Mines?, Edna-May

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.7638, 44.80707 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 7.5 MI. S.W. OF HORNET RANGER STATION.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cuddy Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McCall(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(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 017N 004W 13 NESESW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • AT HEAD OF NO BUSINESS CANYON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Seven Devils Volcanics;Jur-Cret
    Rock description Seven Devils Volcanics;Jur-Cret
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.7638, 44.80707

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne - Trending Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Brownlee Dam Area
District name Cuddy Mountain District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mundee Mines

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORK CONSISTS OF ONE 80 FOOT ADIT AND ONE 420 FOOT ADIT WITH 2 LATERAL DRIFTS. ONE LATERAL IS 60 FEET N., THE OTHER IS 95 FEET S.

Comments on development

  • A ROAD HAS BEEN BULLDOZED INTO THE AREA FROM TOP OF CUDDY MOUNTAIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOK, E.F., 1954, MINING GEOLOGY OF THE SEVEN DEVILS REGION: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 97, 22 P.

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINING NEWS, MAR. 18 , 1977 , P. 10 - 11 .

  • Deposit

    1954 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., PAMPHLET 9

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Benjamin, David A.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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