Lone Pine Mine

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Mineral rights holdings
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071602
MRDS ID W015088
MAS/MILS ID 0160490940
Record type Site
Current site name Lone Pine Mine
Alternate or previous names Harmon-Morrow, Lone Yellow Pine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.68879, 45.81427 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position .5 MI E OF GOLDEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Golden(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nez Perce-Clearwater 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 Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 029N 006E 26 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • N SIDE S FK CLEARWATER RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Gouge

Analytical data

Result VEINS MILLED $10 TO $55/TON. SULPHIDES GENERALLY MADE UP LESS THAN 4% OF THE ORE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite
    Rock description Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granodiorite and two-mica granite.

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Brecciation
Structure description Brecciation; Nw - Trending Cross Faults Which Dip About 70 Deg Sw
Type of structure Local
Structure name Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 55 DEG E
    Dip 80 DEG SE
    Thickness 1.22M
    Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZITE STRIKES N 75 DEG W, DIPS 40 DEG SW (AVERAGE ATTITUDE)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1907
Discoverer J. N. Harmon, D. F. Morrow
Year of first production 1916

Mining district

District name Tenmile District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Nez Perce National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner S. O. Muller
  • Type Owner
    Owner Morse Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • $240000 VALUE FROM ITEM 11; PRODUCTION FOR ITEM 10 FROM 1916 - 1919 AND 1928 - 1931 . PRODUCTION YEARS 1916 - 1919 , 1928 - 1931.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 614.17M

Comments on development

  • 4 PATENTED, 12 UNPATENTED CLAIMS; 2 - STAMP MILL WITH AMALGAMATORS; 35 - TON MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 VEINS IN MULLER SYSTEM, 1 VEIN KNOWN AS HUSTON

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 11-APR-1995 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references