A. D. & M. Mine

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. 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. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105623
MRDS ID W013288
MAS/MILS ID 0160590111
Record type Site
Current site name A. D. & M. Mine
Alternate or previous names Keystone, Huron

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.90982, 45.56069 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position DIRECTLY NE OF GIBBONSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gibbonsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wisdom(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 026N 022E 25 E2NE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On S. Face Of Mountain NE Of Gibbonsville ; Info From Land.St :(1978)

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result PRIMARY ORE CARRIED $30 AU (1913)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Yellowjacket Formation
    Rock description Yellowjacket
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.90982, 45.56069

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike EAST - WEST
    Dip 50 N
    Length 91.44M
    Width 0.3M
    Depth to bottom 45.72M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Higher Grade Ore In Black Slate

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Gibbonsville District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner American Development, Mining And Reduction Co.

Comments on the production information

  • Total Production Estimated At A Little More Than $1,000,000 (To 1913).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 9144M
    Overall depth 274.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • Main Adit Is 600-Ft Level (No. 3). Raises From The 600 Level Reach Surface, And Shaft Reaches 800 Ft Level. 1 Incline Connects 700 Ft Level With 900 Ft Level (Deepest-1913). Main Stoping Is Above 800 Ft Level.

Comments on development

  • 21 Pat. Claims, 2 Pat. Millsites. Reduction Site Plant Destroyed By Fire, 1907. 30-Stamp Cyanide Plant Built, 1910. Mine Support Facilities All Destroyed By Fire, 1913.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS Bull 528.

  • Deposit

    Bell, Robert N., 1913, Fourteenth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1912, P. 134.

  • Deposit

    Bell, R. N., 1908, Ninth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1907, P. 122 - 123

  • Deposit

    Min Sci Press, V105, P. 47-9

  • Deposit

    Eng And Min Jorn. V79, N7, P. 324

  • Deposit

    1908 Compile Mine Inspectors Annual Report For 1907

  • Deposit

    1913 Compile Mine Inspectors Annual Report For 1912

  • Deposit

    1913 Geolmap Umpleby; Bulletin 528

  • Deposit

    1939 Recon U.S. Bureau Of Mines; Inf. Circ. 7082

  • Production

    Umpleby, J. B., 1913, USGS Bulletin 528, 82 P. {{ Bell, 1908, Annual Report Of Mining Industry, P. 122 - 123

  • Deposit

    U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 528, 1913, P. 131-132.

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 25-93, 1993.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Country Rx Trend N10-20W, 40-70e. Faults- N-S, E ; Info.Src : 1 Pub Lit
Deposit 6 Or 7 E-W Veins, About 12 In Wide, With East Pinching Ore Shoots

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Bainbridge, Terri L.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1983 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-APR-1994 Mayerle, Ronald T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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