Relief Claim

Occurrence in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070629
MRDS ID W013640
Record type Site
Current site name Relief Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.2931, 43.4647 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 3 MILES SSE OF HAILEY

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)

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 Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 002N 018E 35 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS MINNIE MOORE TO NW

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE AT 500 LEVEL AVE $8-9/TON IN AU, AG, PB, ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Milligen Formation-Limestone
    Rock description Milligen Formation-Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.2931, 43.4647

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 5.49M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Limestone And Diorite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mineral Hill District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Idaho Consolidated Mines Devel. Co.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 40000 TONS RUN 2.2% PB, 6 OZ AG/TON, 11.5% ZN; 100000 TONS RUN 2.0% PB, 6 OZ AG/TON, .03 OZ AU/TON, MINOR ZN.

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT

Comments on development

  • HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT, NEW MILLING PLANT WITH CAPACITY OF 250 TONS DAILY CONSTRUCTED IN 1908

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BELL, R. N., 1907, EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1906.

  • Deposit

    BELL, R. N., 1908, NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1907.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEINS, 1 AT 600 FT. LEVEL IS SAME VEIN AS IN MINNIE MOORE MINE, OTHER VEIN IN CONTACT WITH DIORITE AT 500 FT. LEVEL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-09-01 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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