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Blue Jay Mine

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070538
MRDS ID W013512
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Jay Mine
Related records 10241559

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.19313, 45.15129 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 4.5 MI. NE COBALT, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jureano Mountain(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 021N 019E 14 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LOWER NAPIAS CREEK, 1 MI. SW OF RINGBONE CAYUSE MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Opal Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.19313, 45.15129
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blackbird District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN FOR ABOUT 100 FEET

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHOCKEY, P. N., 1957, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY OF THE LEESBURG QUADRANGLE, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 113, 42

  • Deposit

    1957 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 11

  • Production

    SHOCKEY, P. N., 1957, IDA. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 113.

Reporter information

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

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