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Minnie Moore Mine

Past Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  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. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069093
MRDS ID W002482
Record type Site
Current site name Minnie Moore Mine
Alternate or previous names Hailey-Bellevue Mineral Belt

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.2901, 43.46739 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position 1 1/2 MILE WEST OF BELLEVUE, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bellevue(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fairfield(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Blaine

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Milligan Formation;
    Rock description Milligan Formation;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.2901, 43.46739
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Minnie Fault Zone, Relief Faults Rockwell Flat Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 25 DEG SW
    Thickness 5.49M
    Length 548.64M
    Width 121.92M
    Depth to bottom 426.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mod To Steep Dipping Shear Zone Cutting Gently Across The Limestone Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • WOOD RIVER FM., BASAL CONGLOMERATE, CALC-QUARTZITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Discoverer John M. Moore
Year of first production 1884

Mining district

District name Mineral Hill Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Silver Star-Queens Mines Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Walker, R. T., And Walker, W. J.

Production statistics

  • Year 1926
    Period 1881 - 1926
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^11 % Pb, 20 Toz Ag/T
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Lead Lead 11wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 565g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL MONETARY VALUE WAS $7,316,600 UP TO 1926. ANDERSON STATES PRODUCTION SINCE THEN HAS INCREASED THE VALUE TO APPROXIMATELY $9,000,000. PRODUCTION YEARS 1881 , 1884 - 1886 , 1902 - 1926.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 426.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE VEIN CONTINUED UNCHANGED TO THE MINNIE FAULT AT THE 1400 LEVEL AND WAS LOST. THE CONTINUATION OF THE FAULTED VEIN COULD BE EXONOMICALLY IMPORTANT. EXACT LENGTH OF WORKINGS COULD NOT BE FOUND

Comments on development

  • L70-THIS COMPANY WAS REHABILITATING THE ROCKWELL SHAFT TO ENTER THE OLDQUEEN AND HILLS MINES ADJACENT TO THE MINNIE MOORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., KIILSGAORD, T. H., FRYKLUND, V. C., JR., 1950, DETAILED GEOLOGY OF CERTAIN AREAS IN THE MINERAL HILL AND WARMSPRINGS MINING DISTRICTS, BLAINE COUNTY, IDAHO: ID. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 90

  • Deposit

    1930 RECON HEWETT, D.C.

  • Deposit

    1932 DIREXPL FED. MINING & SMELTING CO. NEG

  • Deposit

    1936 DIREXPL MINNIE MOORE MINES DEV. CO. NEG

  • Deposit

    1949 OTHER SILVER STAR-QUEENS MINES CO.

  • Production

    USGS BULL. 814

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Petersen, David W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 11/17/2010
MSHA mine ID1002057
Mine name (MSHA)Mini Moore Mine
Current operatorKB Grading & Excavation Inc
Current controller (parent)Karl T Bonar
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (735 m, 0.91 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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