Kentuck Mine

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Zinc, Lead
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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105732
MRDS ID W014858
MAS/MILS ID 0160590587
Record type Site
Current site name Kentuck Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.2967, 45.3719 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Relative position 13.75 MI NW OF LEESBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Creek Rapids(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(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 024N 018E 36 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Sericitization, Fe Stain, Kaolinization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Gneissic Granite;Dikes-Rhyolite Porphyry, Lamprophyre
    Rock description Gneissic Granite;Dikes-Rhyolite Porphyry, Lamprophyre
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Schist, Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.2967, 45.3719

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Minor Faults, Gouge, Breccia

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 78 DEG E
    Dip 60 DEG SE
    Length 213.36M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to bottom 182.88M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure, Joints

Comments on the geologic information

  • Joints trend N 60 - 80 Deg E, Dip 40 - 60 Deg SE; lamprophyre dike trends N 82 Deg E, Dips 70 - 80 Deg SE; rhyolite porphyry dike trends N 40 Deg E, dips nearly vertical

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1882
Discoverer Same James

Mining district

District name Mineral Hill And Indian Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • $450,000 value

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 levels

Comments on development

  • Contained the Tennessee, Annie, Alabama, Kentucky, Boulder, Jessie, Endora and Thursday patented claims; 10 - Stamp Mill, Tramway Ball Mill

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Koschmann, A. H., And Bergendahl, M. H., 1968, Principal Gold-Producing Districts Of The United States: USGS Prof Paper 610, P. 136

  • Deposit

    Bell, R. N., 1920, Twenty-First Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1919.

  • Deposit

    Sturm, F. H., 1954, General Geology Of Some Replacement Monazite Deposits In Lemhi County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M.S. Thesis, 64 P.

  • Deposit

    Gray, F. A., 1927, Ore Deposits Of The Mineral Hill District, Lemhi County, Idaho: Minneapolis, Minnesota, Univ. Of Minnesota, Phd Thesis

  • Deposit

    1920 Compile State Mine Inspector'S Annual Rept.

  • Deposit

    1968 Recon A. H. Koschmann And M. H. Bergendahl, Prof. Paper 610

  • Production

    Gray, F. A., 1927, Univ. Of Minnesota Phd Thesis.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Duncan, Daniel G. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references