Carbonate Mine

Prospect in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Antimony
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. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089186
MRDS ID W014186
MAS/MILS ID 0160370433
Record type Site
Current site name Carbonate Mine
Alternate or previous names Cal-Ida

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.57062, 44.18799 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position 18 MI E 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 15 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON UPPER CARBONATE CREEK LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Jamesonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Brecciation, Oxidation

Analytical data

Result 14 SAMPLES AVERAGED 1.6 OZ AG/TON
Result 2.7% PB
Result 1.4% ZN
Result 0.03 OZ AU/TON
Result 0.15% CU
Result SOME ANTIMONY

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.57062, 44.18799

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Idaho Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Slickensides

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N - NW
    Dip N - NE
    Thickness 0.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Low Angle Thrust Faults Paralleling The Bedding.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1886

Mining district

District name Unorganized District; Slate Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fletcher Fisher

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE OF THE FOUR ADITS IN THE UPPER CARBONATE MINE ARE CAVED; TOTAL OF 7 ADITS

Comments on development

  • THERE ARE TWO MINES; THE UPPER CARBONATE MINE AND THE LOWER CARBONATE MINE. THERE IS NO MINING CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO ; ECON.COM: VERY LITTLE GANGUE MATERIAL ASSOC. WITH ORE MINERALS

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.