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Elmira Mine

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic, Nickel, Cobalt, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071935
MRDS ID W015713
MAS/MILS ID 0160590258
Record type Site
Current site name Elmira Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.4726, 44.79629 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 8 MI ESE OF LEMHI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goat Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lemhi(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 017N 025E 15,22 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED 200 YARDS NW OF THE BUCKHORN MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE SAMPLE AVG. 10.8% MN, 34.1% FE, 0.94% PB, 1.2% ZN, TRACE AS, NI, CO, 8.6% INSOL., 1.0% CAO, 0.08% AL2O

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.4726, 44.79629
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Controlled Contact Between Quartzite Footwall And Limestone Hanging Wall

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE CONTROL ABOVE REFERS TO PB DEPOSIT; MN DEPOSIT OCCURS IN FRACTURES AND OPEN SPACES IN LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1920
Discoverer James Corcoran

Mining district

District name Junction District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF MN ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1918.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M

Comments on development

  • 9 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THUNE, H. W., 1941, MINERALOGY OF THE ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE LITTLE EIGHTMILE DISTRICT, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS, 37 P.

  • Deposit

    WICKEN, O. M., 1941, A METALLURGICAL INVESTIGATION OF LOW-GRADE MANGANESE ORE: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS, 26 P.

  • Production

    WICKEN, O. M., 1941, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Benjamin, David A.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 02-FEB-2010 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Combined data from MAS/MILS record number 0160590258.

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