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Cottonwood Butte

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Platinum, Copper
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038184
MRDS ID M045483
MAS/MILS ID 0160490850
Record type Site
Current site name Cottonwood Butte
Alternate or previous names Great Eastern, Eckert and Smith Vein

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.41291, 46.10346 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position NORTH OF COTTONWOOD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keuterville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Orofino(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 032N 001E 23 SESENE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • May Be In Nez Perce Indian Reservation. On Camas Plain (Not Labeled On Topo Map). Location Given Is Arbitrarily Selected As Small Village Adjacent To U.S. Highway 95 About 4 Mi North Of Cottonwood

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Unable To Find Source Of Pge Data (1990); No Mention Of Pge In References Cited

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result PT=0.3 OZ/TON (10 PPM), AU=0.5 OZ/TON (17 PPM), AG=0.25 OZ/TON (8.6 PPM)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.41291, 46.10346
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Vein Is In A Small Area Of Older Rocks Projecting Through The Basalt

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cottonwood Buttes District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • These Are Potential Resources

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 35.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • Shaft

Comments on development

  • Also A Little Placer Mining In District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Lindgren, Waldemar, 1904, A Geological Reconnaissance Across The Bitterroot Range And Clearwater Mountains In Montana And Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 27, P. 106-107, Pl. 1.

  • Production

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines

  • Deposit

    Ross, C.P., 1941, The Metal And Coal Mining Districts Of Idaho, With Notes On The Nonmetallic Mineral Resources Of The State: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 57, P. 54.

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Pullman Quad, Location No. 156

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Vertical Quartz Vein

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1990 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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