Ulysses Mine

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, 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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105760
MRDS ID W015180
MAS/MILS ID 0160590025
Record type Site
Current site name Ulysses Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.13873, 45.45989 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position 4.25 MI N OF INDIANOLA RANGER STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ulysses(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 025N 020E 29,32 W2 (32) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • About 2 Mi N Of Junction Of Cow Gulch And Indian Creek

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock type qualifier Gneissic Granite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Gneissic Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Schist, Gneiss, Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.13873, 45.45989

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Faults

Ore body information

  • Dip 0
    Width 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original Structures entry:
    Local - Faults
  • Original alteration entry:
    Local - Oxidation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1901

Mining district

District name Indian Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kitty Burton Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 Tunnels

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references