Hermit Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089183
MRDS ID W014177
MAS/MILS ID 0160370435
Record type Site
Current site name Hermit Mine
Alternate or previous names Native Silver

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.58782, 44.15099 (WGS84)
Elevation 3048
Relative position 18 MI SE OF STANLEY, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Livingston Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth 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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 010N 016E 33 SW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Located In the Headwall of Cirque 3/4 Mi North of the Livingston Mine.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gouge, Oxidation

Analytical data

Result CHIP SAMPLES AVERAGED:\n1.15 OZ AG/TON, \n0.36% PB, \n0.70% ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Challis Volcanics-Basalt
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Challis Volcanics-Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Milligen Formation-Argillite;Wood River Formation-Quartzites, Conglomerates
    Rock description Milligen Formation-Argillite;Wood River Formation-Quartzites, Conglomerates

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.58782, 44.15099

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Idaho Batholith

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 40 DEG W
    Dip 45 DEG SW
    Thickness 0.61M
    Width 0.61M
  • General form LINEAR
    Dip 45 DEG SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Striking Nnw And Dipping 45 Deg W.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885

Mining district

District name Boulder Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest
Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 Adits, 2 Winzes

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Yett, Jay R.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JUN-1992 Van Noy U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references