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Lost Packer Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, 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. 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. Mineral rights holdings
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105682
MRDS ID W013926
MAS/MILS ID 0160370235
Record type Site
Current site name Lost Packer Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.88174, 44.59818 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Relative position 28 MI N OF STANLEY; 3 MI NW OF CASTO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinyon Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Middle Fork Salmon(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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 015N 013E 33 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Vein Begins At Ivers and Extends N; Near Bed of Steep Gulch (Canyon Cr)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Ranged In Value $25 To $90/Ton To A Depth of 1000 Ft.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue
Bismuthinite Unknown
Hematite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Gouge

Analytical data

Result ORE BODY RUNS $20/TON: 0.5 OZ AU, 2.0 OZ AG, AND 3.5% CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite, Granodiorite;Granite Porphyry; Diorite Porphyry;Quartz Latite;Challis Volcanics-Rhyolite Porphyry, Tuff
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite, Granodiorite;Granite Porphyry; Diorite Porphyry;Quartz Latite;Challis Volcanics-Rhyolite Porphyry, Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Thompson Peak Formation-Mica Schist
    Rock description Thompson Peak Formation-Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.88174, 44.59818
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Crushing, Sheeting

Ore body information

  • General form BUNCHES
    Strike N
    Dip 75 DEG W
    Width 1.52M
    Depth to bottom 304.8M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Filling

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1902
Discoverer Clarence E. Eddie
Year of first production 1903

Mining district

District name Loon Creek District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ivers And Finland
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ivers Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • Production Value: $750000

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 3048M
    Overall depth 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • 10 Levels Over A Vertical Distance of 940 Ft, 8 Levels Are Tunnels From the Surface and 2 Are Blind Levels On Which Little Work Has Been Done.

Comments on development

  • 100 - Ton Smelter; 6 Claims and 2 Fractions

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    Shockey, P. N., 1963, Geology Of The Lost Packer Mine, Loon Creek District, Custer County, Idaho: Unpublished Private Report For Ivers Mining Company, 37 P.

  • Deposit

    Umpleby, J. B., 1911, A Preliminary Account Of The Ore Deposits Of The Loon Creek District, Idaho: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 530, P. 66 - 74.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1975, Activity Of Idaho Mining Properties, 1974, USBM, Boise, Idaho, 61 P.

  • Deposit

    Bell, R. N., 1935, The Gold Resources Of Idaho: Mining And Contracting Review, V. 33, No. 37.

  • Deposit

    Yinger, M. A., 1976 , Geology Of The Eastern Part Of The Loon Creek Mining District, Custer County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M.S. Thesis, P. 94 - 96 .

  • Deposit

    5) Sibbett, B. S., 1976 , Geology Of The Northeast Part Of The Loon Creek Mining District, Custer County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho M.S. Thesis, P. 100 - 104 .

  • Deposit

    1913 Geolmap Umpleby, J. B., Bulletin 530

  • Deposit

    1975 Compile USBM, Mining Activity List, 1974

  • Production

    Bell, R. N., 1935, Mining And Contracting Review, V. 33, No. 37.

  • Deposit

    Weed, W. H., 1906, The Copper Mines Of The United States In 1905, In USGS Bulletin 285, P. 93-124.

  • Deposit

    Jennings, E. P., 1906, The Lost Packer Copper-Gold Lode: Canadian Min. Inst. Jour., Vol. 9, P. 56.

  • Deposit

    Bell, R. N., 8th Ann. Rept. Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1906, P. 48-49.

  • Deposit

    Bell, R. N., 1907, 9th Ann. Rept. Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1907, P. 72-73.

  • Deposit

    Bell, R. N., 1908, Tenth Ann. Rept. Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1908, P. 9.

  • Deposit

    Moore, F. C., 1909, Eleventh Ann. Rept. Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1909, P. 47-49.

  • Deposit

    Bell, R. N., 1911, Thirteenth Ann. Rept. Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1911, P. 40-42.

  • Deposit

    Bell, R. N., 1912, Fourteenth Ann. Rept. Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1912, P. 98-99.

  • Deposit

    Bell, R. N., 1913, Fifteenth Ann. Rept. Of The Minind Industry Of Idaho For 1913, P. 150-151.

  • Deposit

    Umpleby, J. B., 1913, Some Ore Deposits In Northern Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 539, 104 P.

  • Deposit

    Ross, C. P., 1934, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Casto Quadrangle, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 854, 135 P.

  • Deposit

    Ridenour, J., And Others, 1983, Mines And Prospects In The Loon Creek Mining District, Custer County, Idaho: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 88-83, Appendix.

  • Deposit

    Leszcykowski, A.M., And Others, 1985, Mineral Appraisal Of The Loon Creek-Warm Spring Creek Unit, Custer And Lemhi Counties, Idaho, In Mineral Resources And Occurrences In Part Of The Frank Churcy-River Of No Return Wilderness, Custer, Idaho. Lemhi, And Valley Counties, Idaho: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 64-85, P. 44-48.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Ore Shoots Pitch To the S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 21-SEP-1993 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

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