| Deposit ID | 10108937 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | FS00598 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0160590347 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Steen Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Steen Family, Steen Group, Lincoln, Liberty, Continental, Broken Hill, Red Bird, Forney-Yelllow Jacket |
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.53653, 44.97658 (WGS84) |
|---|
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Idaho | Lemhi |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boise | 019N | 017E | 16,17,24 | Idaho |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Azurite | Unknown |
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Limonite | Unknown |
| Malachite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Tetrahedrite | Unknown |
| Result | FS MIN EXAM 1959 LEWIECKI |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||
| |||
| (1) | -114.53653, 44.97658 |
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| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure name | Shear zone |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure name | Stockwork |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure name | Brecciation |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N70W |
| Thickness | 30M |
| Length | 1000M |
| Width | 130M |
| Area | 25HA |
| Depth to top | 4M |
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1890 |
| District name | Yellowjacket |
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| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Salmon National Forest |
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Steen, H. S. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Idaho |
| Year | 1977 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | FS00598 | |
| Idaho Geological Survey | Idaho Mines and Prospects | IMP | CH__97 | http://www.idahogeology.org/ |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0160590347 | data consolidated into this record |
Umpleby, E.L., 1913, Geology And Ore Deposits Of Lemhi County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 528
Ross 1934 USGS Bull 854
Hershey 1933 Report On Steen Mine To Bunker Hill and Sullivan
Anderson 1953 Id Bur Mines and Geol Pamph 94 P 27-32
USBM 1943 War Minerals Rept On The Steen Mine 19 P
Horning 1934 Rept On Steen Mine To H.S. Steen
USBM WFOC Min Prop File 127.8, Spokane, Wash.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | This Claim Is Part Of The Yellowjacket Group Which Consists Of Over 100 Claims. District Has Been Recurrently Active Since The 1880s |
| Deposit | 7-77 The Point Location Is The Lincoln Shaft. 7-77 The Zone Of Mineralization Trends NW But Individual Veins Strike NE And Are Generally Steeply Dipping. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1976 | Meier, M. Lorrie | U.S. Forest Service | |
| Reporter | 25-JUN-1984 | Kauffman, John D. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.