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Excelsior Mine

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071973
MRDS ID W015768
Record type Site
Current site name Excelsior Mine
Related records 10266429

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.265, 44.3536 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Relative position 23 MI SSE OF LEAD ORE, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Windy Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Borah Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Birch(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Caribou-Targhee 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 012N 027E 20 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Limestone, Dolomite, Quartzite
    Rock description Limestone, Dolomite, Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.265, 44.3536
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 90 DEG

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Spring Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Targhee National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • 7 CARS OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1917 RAN 18-35% PB AND 0.5 OZ OF SILVER PER UNIT OF PB.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J. B., 1913, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL 528, P. 89

  • Deposit

    BELL, R.N., 1918, NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1917.

  • Deposit

    1913 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY, J. B., BULL. 528

  • Production

    BELL, R.N., 1918, MINING INDUSTRY REPORT FOR 1917

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1975-07-01 Ortman, Dale; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

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