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Mahan Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Mineral rights holdings
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071050
MRDS ID W014247
MAS/MILS ID 0160370231
Record type Site
Current site name Mahan Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.01984, 44.59628 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Relative position 26.5 MI NNW OF STANLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greyhound Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Middle Fork Salmon(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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 015N 012E 32 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • SW Slope Sheep Mtn.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Diorite Porphyry
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Diorite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Limestone
    Rock description Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.01984, 44.59628
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike 80 DEG SW
    Dip 60 DEG SE

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 Sheep Mountain District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. H. Hasbrouck, Mrs. Mary Ridenbaugh
  • Type Owner
    Owner Patrick D. Whelan
    Interest 100
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1982

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 Tunnel

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Umpleby, J. B. And D.C. Livingston, 1920, A Reconnaissance In South Central Idaho, Embracing The Thunder Mountain, Big Creek, Stanley Basin, Sheep Mountain, And Seafoam Districts. Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology, Bulletin No. 3

  • Deposit

    Ridenour, J., And Others, 1985, Mineral Resources And Occurrences In Part Of The Frank Church-River Of No Return Wilderness, Custer, Idaho, Lemhi, And Valley Counties, Idaho: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 64-85, P. 74.

  • Production

    Umpleby, J. B., And Livingston, D. C., 1920, Ida. Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Bulletin 3, 23 P.

  • Deposit

    Rose, Clyde P., 1930, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Seafoam, Alder Creek, Little Smoky, And Willow Creek Mining Districts, Custer And Camas Counties, Idaho.

  • Deposit

    Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology, Pamphlet No. 33.

  • Deposit

    Treves, Samuel B. And John D. Melear, 1953, The Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Seafoam Mining District, Custer County Idaho. Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology, Pamphlet No. 96

  • Deposit

    Leszcykowski, A.M., Lowe, N.T., Ridenour, James, And Willett, S.L., 1983, Mines And Prospects In The Sheep Mountain Mining District, Custer County, Idaho: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 89-83, Map No. 3, Appendix.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-OCT-1992 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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