Butte - Antelope Mine

Past Producer in Butte county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper
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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Mineral rights holdings
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071902
MRDS ID W015665
MAS/MILS ID 0160230018
Record type Site
Current site name Butte - Antelope Mine
Alternate or previous names Footwall Group, Lowboy Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.66899, 43.5888 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Relative position 18.25 MI W OF ARCO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blizzard Mountain North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Arco(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Idaho Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Lost(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 003N 023E 13 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Near Head Of Lead Belt Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result ORE REPORTED TO CARRY 150-300 OZ AG/TON, BUT SOME SELECTED SAMPLES WITH GALENA ASSAYED 31 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Limestone, Shale
    Rock description Limestone, Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.66899, 43.5888

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS, LENS
    Strike N
    Dip W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890

Mining district

District name Lava Creek District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Butte-Antelope Min. Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • Open Cuts, Short Tunnels And Drifts

Comments on development

  • 14 Unpatented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1929, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LAVA CREEK DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 32, 70 P

  • Production

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1929, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 32

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-91, 1991, TABLE A-4, NO. 616, P. 246.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Trend Of Vein Is Reported To Be Nearly N And The Dip Is Steeply W; This Vein May Be 1 Of Lead Belt Veins; Vein Several Inches Wide

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JAN-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.