Clipper Bullion Mine

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070529
MRDS ID W013499
Record type Site
Current site name Clipper Bullion Mine
Related records 10266258

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.27733, 45.36848 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 1/2 MILE S. OF SHOUP, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Creek Rapids(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 024N 018E 36 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Iron Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrolusite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Leaching , Fe Stains

Analytical data

Result SOME ORE HAS AVG. $43/TON A

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Gneissic Granite;Dikes-Lamprophyre, Granite
    Rock description Gneissic Granite;Dikes-Lamprophyre, Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.27733, 45.36848

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Minor Faults, Brecciation

Ore body information

  • Strike N 42 DEG E
    Dip 75 DEG SE
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Jointing

Comments on the geologic information

  • 2 SETS OF JOINTS 1 SET TRENDS N 25 DEG E AND DIPS 75- 85 DEG SE, 2ND SET TRENDS N 70 DEG E AND DIPS 80 DEG SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1887
Discoverer Mark O. Ainslie

Mining district

District name Mackinaw District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. E. S. Suydam
    First year 1906

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 8 VALUE $60,000 ; ITEM 9 VALUE $15,000

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 762M

Comments on development

  • 10 CLAIMS, 5-STAMP MILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J. B., 1913, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 528, 182 P.

  • Deposit

    JACOBS, M. H., 1903, REPORT OF THE MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1902.

  • Deposit

    GRAY, F.A., 1927, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL HILL DISTRICT, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, UNIV. OF MINNESOTA, PHD THESIS

  • Deposit

    1903 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1902

  • Deposit

    1913 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY, J.B., 1913, BULL. 528

  • Production

    GRAY, F.A., 1927, UNIV. OF MINNESOTA PHD THESIS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 VEINS, TRAMWAY, HENNESSEY, CLIPPER BULLION, THE LATTER DESCRIBED ABOVE. TRAMWAY VEIN IS 3 FT. WIDE, TRENDS N 70 DEG E, AND DIPS 80 DEG SE. HENNESSEY VEIN 20 INCHES WIDE, TRENDS N 20 DEG E, DIPS 85 DEG SE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1977 Siefken, Robert R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references