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Singer Mine

Past Producer in Custer 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071051
MRDS ID W014248
MAS/MILS ID 0160370170
Record type Site
Current site name Singer Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.99344, 44.58878 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
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

Pinyon Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Challis(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)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 34 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

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) -114.99344, 44.58878
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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 Sheep Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Moore, F. C., 1910, Eleventh Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1909, 139 P

  • Deposit

    1910 Compile Idaho State Mine Inspector's Ann. Rept., 1909

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Large Amounts of Galena Float Material Prospected and Shipped, Veins of Galena Not Developed
Deposit This Property May Have Been Examined During Mineral Resource Appraisal of the River of No Return Wilderness Or the Idaho Primitive Area. Because of the Vague Description of Its Location, As Given In the Above Reference, Pertinent Mils Data Could Not Be Verified.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 05-JAN-1984 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

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