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Garm - Lamoreaux Mine

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Uranium, Copper, Lead
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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. 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. 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 10071660
MRDS ID W015167
Record type Site
Current site name Garm - Lamoreaux Mine
Related records 10266612

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.03453, 45.54129 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 5 MI WSW OF GIBBONSVILLE; 11 MI N OF NORTH FORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Allan Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nez Perce Pass(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 026N 021E 31 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON ALLEN CREEK, TRIBUTARY TO HUGHES CREEK, 11 MI. N. OF NORTH FORK, IDAHO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Uranium Primary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AU EXPLORATION PRIOR TO 1930

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Torbernite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Zippeite Ore
Goethite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization, Fe Stains, Oxidation

Analytical data

Result SELECTED SAMPLES OF LEAD ORE REPORTED TO CONTAIN UP TO 0.11% U. RADIATION MEASURED 0.016 MR/HR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Phyllitic Argillite, Intercalated Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.03453, 45.54129
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw Trend, Ne Dip
Type of structure Local
Structure description Schistosity Strikes N To Ne, Dips Steeply E.

Ore body information

  • General form THIN STRINGERS, LENS
    Strike N 80 DEG W
    Dip 65 DEG NE
    Thickness 1.07M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDDING STRIKES NE, DIPS 46 TO 60 DEG S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1948
Discoverer G. I. Hurley (Uranium)

Mining district

District name North Fork - Shoup District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner G. I. Hurley
  • Type Owner
    Owner Garm - Lamoreaux Estate (G. I. Hurley, Managed)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1219.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 ADITS OVER VERTICAL DISTANCE OF 430 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1958, URANIUM, THORIUM, COLUMBIUM, AND RARE EARTH DEPOSITS IN THE SALMON REGION, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 115, 81 P.

  • Deposit

    COOK, E. F., 1955, PROSPECTING FOR URANIUM, THORIUM, AND TUNGSTEN IN IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 102, 53 P.

  • Deposit

    WEIS, P. L., ARMSTRONG, F. C., ROSENBLUM, S., 1958, RECONNAISSANCE FOR RADIOACTIVE MINERALS IN WASHINGTON, IDAHO, AND WESTERN MONTANA, 1952- 1955: USGS BULL. 1074-B, 48 P.

  • Deposit

    ARMSTRONG, F. C., AND WEIS, P. L., 1955 , GARM - LAMOREAUX MINE, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS OPEN - FILE REPT., 14 P.

  • Deposit

    5) TRITES, A. F., AND TOOKER, E. W., 1953 , URANIUM AND THORIUM DEPOSITS IN EAST - CENTRAL IDAHO, SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA: USGS BULL. 988-H, P. 167 - 168 .

  • Deposit

    6) HOBBS, S. W., 1964 , MINERAL RESOURCE - TUNGSTEN, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1 , P. 223 - 233

  • Deposit

    1953 RECON A. F. TRITES AND E. W. TOOKER, BULL. 988-H

  • Deposit

    1955 RECON F. C. ARMSTRONG AND P. L. WEIS, OPEN - FILE REPT.

  • Deposit

    1955 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 102

  • Deposit

    1958 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 115

  • Deposit

    1958 RECON P. L. WEIS AND OTHERS, BULL. 1074-B

  • Deposit

    1964 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1948 (URANIUM)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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