Lone Pine Mine

Prospect in Elmore county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Gold, Zinc, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011578
MRDS ID D006598
MAS/MILS ID 0160390150
Record type Site
Current site name Lone Pine Mine
Alternate or previous names Lone Pine Sulphide Mine, Owens Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.32654, 43.46019 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 1.75 MI S15W OF PINE,IDA. (NEW TOWNSITE), Within 0.3 Mi

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elmore(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mountain Home(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Boise(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Boise 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 Elmore

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 002N 009E 36 SESESE Idaho
Boise 002N 010E 31 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Old Townsite Of Pine Flooded By Anderson Ranch Reservoir, New Townsite Is About 2 Mi N Of The Old One.
  • Original coordinates for line#1 were: lat/long NAD27 43-27-37N 115-19-13W (43.46028 -115.32028); UTM N4813100 E635900 Z11N; PLSS line# 1: Meridian- Boise, TWNSHP 002N;002N, RNG 010E;009E, Sect 31;36, Sect_fract <blank>.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith
    Rock description Idaho Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.32654, 43.46019

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pine District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Thomas Potter
    Home office Pine, Id.
    First year 1944
  • Type Owner
    Owner Lone Pine Sulphide Mines Inc. (Thomas Potter, Trustee)

Comments on the production information

  • Prod. < 500 Tons. 3 Patented 10 Unpatented Claims.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Commodity Files, USGS, Spokane W

  • Deposit

    War Mineral Memo 1944 Idao Mineral Property File 30.10.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-81 Lewis, Reed S. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-MAR-95 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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