Senate Lode Mine

Past Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Controls for ore emplacement
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Land status
Workings at the site
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10105653
MRDS ID	W013621
Record type	Site
Current site name	Senate Lode Mine
Related records	10144359

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-114.61452, 43.89019 (WGS84)
Elevation	2926
Relative position	2.5 MI NE OF GALENA, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Galena Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(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)

Hemingway-Boulders Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Idaho	Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Boise	007N	016E	31		Idaho

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Pyrite	Gangue
Quartz	Gangue

Analytical data

Result	SAMPLES AVERAGED 2 OZ. AG/TON
Result	3.5% PB
Result	TRACE GOLD. CU AND ZN DETECTED BY SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS.

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Host

Rock type

Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Rock unit name

Wood River Formation-Quartzite

Rock description

Wood River Formation-Quartzite

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-114.61452, 43.89019	ListMap

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

Shear Zones, Brecciation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name	Galena District

Land status

Ownership category	National Forest
Area name	Sawtooth National Forest

Workings at the site

Type of workings Surface/Underground

Length 640.08M

Type of workings	Surface/Underground
Length	640.08M

Comments on the workings information

9 ADITS

Comments on development

PATENTED IN 1888

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W013621
Idaho Geological Survey	Idaho Mines and Prospects	IMP	HA_198	http://www.idahogeology.org/

Bibliographic references

Deposit

TSCHANZ, C. M., AND OTHERS, 1974, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE SAWTOOTH NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, CUSTER AND BLAINE COUNTIES, IDAHO: USGS OPEN - FILE REPT., 648 P
Deposit

1974 OTHER C. M. TSCHANZ AND OTHERS, OPEN - FILE REPT
Production

TSCHANZ, C. M., AND OTHERS, 1974, USGS OPEN - FILE REPT.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JUL-1976	Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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