Antimony Ridge Mine

Past Producer in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Antimony, Silver, 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071019
MRDS ID W014203
Record type Site
Current site name Antimony Ridge Mine
Alternate or previous names Babbitt Metal Mine, Hanson Antimony Mine
Related records 10290687

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.45235, 44.9471 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 3 MI SE. YELLOW PINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yellow Pine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Boise 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 Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 018N 008E 02,03 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES SHOWED 42 % SB, 2 1/2 OZ/TON AG, TRACE AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite;Pegmatite Dikes
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite;Pegmatite Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.45235, 44.9471

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike 40 DEG NE
    Dip 75 DEG SE
    Length 1219.2M
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1916

Mining district

District name Yellow Pine District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner United Mercury Mines Co.

Comments on development

  • 6 CLAIMS KNOWN AS BABBITT METAL GROUP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F. C., AND ROSS, C. P., 1926, ANTIMONY AND QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE YELLOW PINE DISTRICT, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 780, PP. 137 - 167.

  • Deposit

    LAHEIST, B. A., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCES - ANTIMONY, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, SPEC. REPT. NO. 1, P. 41-46.

  • Deposit

    1926 RECON SCHRADER, F. C., AND ROSS, C. P., BULL. 780

  • Deposit

    1964 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. 1

  • Production

    SCHRADER, F. C., AND ROSS C. P., 1926, USGS BULL. 780, P. 137 - 167.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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