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Martin Property Mine

Past Producer in Butte county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071909
MRDS ID W015676
MAS/MILS ID 0160230007
Record type Site
Current site name Martin Property Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.59588, 43.4868 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 17.75 MI SW OF ARCO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Inferno Cone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Craters of the Moon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Idaho Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Walcott(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Craters of the Moon National Monument(National Monument)

National Monument NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 002N 024E 21 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • About 1.5 Mi Up E Branch Of Little Cottonwood Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification
  • (Local) Sericitization

Analytical data

Result SOME ORE ASSAYED CARRIED 0.76 OZ AU, 141.6 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granite Porphyry Stock;Challis Volcanics-Latite And Latite Tuff
    Rock description Granite Porphyry Stock;Challis Volcanics-Latite And Latite Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.59588, 43.4868
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Gouge

Ore body information

  • General form PIPE-LIKE
    Plunge direction NW
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures
  • Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original Structures entry: Gouge
  • Original Alteration entry: Silicification, Sericitization
  • Original Ore Control entry: Intersection Of Fissures, Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1922
Year of first production 1922

Mining district

District name Lava Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the production information

  • 88 Sacks Of Ore Produced In 1926 Ran 138 Oz/Ton Ag, 12.4% Pb, 7.4 % Zn, 1.5% Cu, And 0.245 Oz/Ton Au.



    Prod 30 Tons Ore(Anderson 1929)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Lode Lies In Creek Channel And Makes Continuous Pumping Necessary

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1929, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Lava Creek District, Idaho: Idaho Bur Mines And Geology Pamphlet 32, 70 P

  • Production

    Anderson, A. L., 1929, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 72

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit The Pipe-Shaped Ore Body Above Trends N 52-70 Deg W But Shows Considerable Crookedness; The Pipe'S Plunge Varies From 0-15 Deg; Mineralized Fractures Intersecting The Pipe Trend N 70 Deg W-N 70 Deg E And Dip Steeply Either N Or S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JAN-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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