Parker Mine

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite, 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. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105691
MRDS ID W014251
MAS/MILS ID 0160590396
Record type Site
Current site name Parker Mine
Alternate or previous names Parker Mountain Mine, Mikado, Pinch Hit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.55533, 44.59909 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Relative position 18 MI NE CHALLIS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Challis Creek Lakes(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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 015N 016E 35 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On Spur Above Head of Kerr Cr.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Kaolinization , Argillization

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS: $12-20 AU AND AG/TON

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.55533, 44.59909

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 DEG E
    Dip 52 DEG SW
    Length 1219.2M
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone That Trends N 20 Deg E, Extending 4000 Ft From Parker Mt Mine Through The Williams Mine

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1904
Year of first production 1905

Mining district

District name Parker Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1905
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 10357g
    Major Gold Gold 155g
  • Year 1906
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 43575g
    Major Gold Gold 7153g
  • Year 1907
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 26002g
    Major Gold Gold 3421g
  • Year 1908
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1461g
    Major Silver Silver 7029g
  • Year 1910
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 497g
  • Year 1912
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1244g
    Major Silver Silver 2177g
  • Year 1913
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 870g
    Major Silver Silver 311g
  • Year 1915
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1617g
    Major Silver Silver 2830g

Comments on the production information

  • Production Above Intermittent: Produced In 1905 - 1908 , 1912 - 1913 , 1915 , 1926

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 274.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • 7 Tunnels, Several Cuts, Trenches.

Comments on development

  • Some Milling Machinery Was Installed In 1908 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    Minobras, 1975, Idaho Industrial Minerals: Minobras, P. 34-36.

  • Deposit

    Fenne, Frank, K., 1977 , Geology And Mineral Deposits Of The Parker Mountain Mining District: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M.S. Thesis, P. 46 - 57 .

  • Deposit

    Ross, C. P., 1927 , Ore Deposits In The Tertiary Lava In The Salmon River Mountains, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 25 , 20 P.

  • Deposit

    1934 Geolmap Ross, C. P., Bulletin 85

  • Deposit

    U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 528, 1913, P. 177-178.

  • Production

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

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 64-85, 1985, P. 48-56.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Epithermal. Cavity Fillings, Comb Structures, Symmetrical Bandings, and Crustifications Are Conspicuous. Colloidal Textures Are Common. Quartz Veins Resemble Breccia Or Pebble Dikes.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 02-NOV-1992 Leszcykowski, Andrew M. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references