Lost Miner Deposit

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071585
MRDS ID W015063
MAS/MILS ID 0160590600
Record type Site
Current site name Lost Miner Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.29733, 45.37208 (WGS84)
Elevation 1128
Relative position .75 MI SW OF SHOUP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Creek Rapids(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 024N 018E 36 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Overlaps Grunter Claims In Part

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Leaching
  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss > Felsic Gneiss > Granitic Gneiss
    Rock type qualifier Gneissic Granite
    Rock description Gneissic Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Mica Schist, Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.29733, 45.37208

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N 55 DEG E
    Dip 55 DEG SE
    Length 42.67M
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original Structures entry:
    Local - Minor Fault
  • Original alteration entry:
    Local - Leaching, Silicification
  • Original ore control entry:
    Fault ?

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mineral Hill District

Land status

Ownership category Private
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Gray, A. F., 1927, Ore Deposits Of The Mineral Hill District, Lemhi County, Idaho: Minneapolis, Minnesota, Univ. Of Minnesota, Ph D Thesis

  • Deposit

    Mines And Prospects Of The Elk City Quad., IBMG Mines And Prospects Map Series, Ve Mitchell, Et Al.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Deposit Is Continuation Of Grunter Ore Body

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.