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Blue Kitten Mine

Past Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, 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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  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 10042404
MRDS ID M060178
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Kitten Mine
Related records 10265154

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.49621, 43.64239 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Relative position 6.5 MILES SW. FROM KETCHUM IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Griffin Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Wood(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth 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 Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 004N 016E 25 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE OCCURS AS RATHER ISOLATED PODS OR LENSES WITH FEW, IF ANY, CLUES TO THEIR EXTENSIONS.

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Limestone Silicified Near Granite Contact

Analytical data

Result 3000 TONS AVERAGED APPROXIMATELY 3.5 OZ AG/TON, 8% COMBINED PB AND ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wood River Formation-Limestone
    Rock description Wood River Formation-Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.49621, 43.64239
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 25 DEG W
    Dip 55 DEG SW
    Length 21.34M
    Width 4.27M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 36.58M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1905
Year of first production 1951

Mining district

District name Warm Springs Mining District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sun Valley Lead-Silver Mines, Inc

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF PB-ZN-AG ORE WAS PRODUCED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 213.36M
    Overall depth 51.82M
    Overall length 21.34M
    Overall width 1.83M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE DEVELOPED BY TWO ADITS 110 FT APART VERTICALLY. ORE DOES NOT PERSIST TO DEPTH OF LOWER ADIT. ONLY 1 MINABLE ORE LENS FOUND

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ORE WAS CONCENTRATED IN A FLOTATION MILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J.B., WESTGATE, L.G., AND ROSS, C.P. 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WOOD RIVER REGION, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 814, 250 P

  • Deposit

    1930 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY, BULL. 81

  • Production

    UMPLEBY, J.B., AND OTHERS, 1930, USGS BULL. 814.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1973 Puffett, Willard P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1976 Everett, Sandra E. U.S. Geological Survey

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