Hungry Hill Mine

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  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 10070427
MRDS ID W013361
MAS/MILS ID 0160590182
Record type Site
Current site name Hungry Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Mountain View, Jerry Hurley Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.6783, 45.2083 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 10.7 MI N79E OF SALMON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bohannon Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lemhi(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 022N 024E 25 NW OF SE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Midway up canyon of North Fork of Bohannon Creek, about 2 mi. above mouth of canyon, on NW side ; Info From Land.St :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result THE ORE, SORTED BEFORE SHIPMENT, CARRIES BETTER THAN 8% CU, ABOUT 0.18 OZ. AU, AND 7 OZ. AG/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Yellowjacket Formation
    Rock description Yellowjacket
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.6783, 45.2083

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Small Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 40 W
    Dip 35 SW
    Thickness 0.76M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • Irregular masses and veinlets

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 Eldorado District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^8. % Cu (Over), .18 Oz Au, 7 Oz/Ton Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Gold Gold 508g/mt
    Ore Copper Copper 8wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 198g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • An additional 60 tons to be shipped.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 64.62M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1957, Geology And Mineral Resources Of The Baker Quadrangle, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 112, 71 P

  • Deposit

    1957 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 11

  • Production

    Anderson, A. L., 1957, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 112, 71 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1985 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-OCT-1990 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.