St. Louis Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071912
MRDS ID W015681
Record type Site
Current site name St. Louis Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.59228, 43.5941 (WGS84)
Elevation 1923
Relative position 14.25 MI WSW OF ARCO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Champagne Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Arco(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 003N 024E 15 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON BRANCH OF CHAMPAGNE CREEK ALONG ROAD TO DRY FORK VALLEY

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Wurtzite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization, Oxidation

Analytical data

Result SOME ORE ASSAYED + 1000 OZ AG/TON, LESS THAN 10 % IN PB, CU, ZN EACH
Result PB AND ZN SULFIDES ASSAYED 22 OZ AG/TON
Result HAND - PICKED AIKINITE ASSAYED + 800 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Challis Volcanics-Andesite, Tuff, Rhyolite
    Rock description Challis Volcanics-Andesite, Tuff, Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.59228, 43.5941

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Gouge

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR LENSES, BUNCHES, STRINGERS
    Strike N 5 DEG E
    Dip 50 DEG W
    Thickness 0.76M
    Length 804.65M
    Width 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures And Brecciated Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • TUFF DIPS 30 DEG E, STRIKES N; S OF THE SHAFT THE VEIN HAS HANGING WALL OF ANDESITE AND FOOTWALL OF TUFF, N OF THE SHAFT THE VEIN IS ALL IN TUFF

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lava Creek District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • POSSIBLY $15,000 VALUE, ALTHOUGH LOCAL ESTIMATES SAY $75,000; DEPOSIT IS PRIMARILY AG

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 502.92M
    Overall depth 48.77M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 TUNNELS, 1 SHAFT

Comments on development

  • 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; ECON.COM: RARE BISMUTH MINERAL, AIKINITE, HAD VERY HIGH AG CONTENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ST. LOUIS VEIN ABOVE RANGES IN STRIKE FROM N-N 15 DEG E AND DIP FROM 40-60 DEG W; 1 OTHER VEIN IS THE DRY SILVER VEIN

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references