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Tin Cup Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107301
MRDS ID W013912
MAS/MILS ID 0160590351
Record type Site
Current site name Tin Cup Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.53343, 44.96738 (WGS84)
Elevation 1804
Relative position 1 MI SW OF OLD TOWN OF YELLOWJACKET

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yellowjacket(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 019N 016E 24 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On W Side Of Yellowjacket Creek Less Than 1 Mi Below Old Town Of Yellowjacket

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Rock unit name Lcretetert Dikes-Hornblende-Biotite Diorite Dikes;Lcretetert Dikes-Lamprophyre;Dikes-Granophyre;Lcretetert Border Facies-Albite Syenite
    Rock description Lcretetert Dikes-Hornblende-Biotite Diorite Dikes;Lcretetert Dikes-Lamprophyre;Dikes-Granophyre;Lcretetert Border Facies-Albite Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Rock unit name Yellowjacket Formation-Quartzite
    Rock description Yellowjacket Formation-Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.53343, 44.96738
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Fault

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 15 DEG W
    Dip 55 DEG SW
    Thickness 0.46M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Comments on the geologic information

  • Beds Locally Strike Ne, Dip Steeply Se.
  • Original Structures entry:
    Local - Fault Strikes Ne, Dips 50 Deg Nw.
  • Original alteration entry:
    Local - Oxidation
  • Original ore control entry:
    Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Yellowjacket District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hugo A. Simi
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Bluebird Mining Co., Inc.

Comments on the ownership information

  • 1976: The Mine Ceased Production When The Operator Died, The Mine Is Inactive While The Owners Seek Financing.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 118.87M

Comments on development

  • 2 Claims, Small Mill

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, Alfred L., 1953, Gold - Copper - Lead Deposits Of The Yellowjacket District, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 94, 41 P.

  • Production

    Anderson, A. L., 1953, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Pamphlet 94, 41 P.

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 15-OCT-1990 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.

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