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Iron Mask Mine

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Vanadium
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10192902
MRDS ID D000013
MAS/MILS ID 0160590322
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Mask Mine
Alternate or previous names Iron Mask, Valley View

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.26869, 44.3663 (WGS84)
Elevation 2877
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Windy Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Borah Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Birch(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Caribou-Targhee 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 012 N 027 E 28 SENWSW Idaho

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.26869, 44.3663
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Spring Mtn. District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Targhee National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lyon C. Walker
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1987

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1917, P 44 And USGS Bull 528, P 89

  • Deposit

    Bell, R. N., 1913, Fourteenth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1912: State Inspector Of Mines Report, P. 128.

  • Deposit

    Campbell, Stewart, 1924, Twenty Fifth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry For Idaho For The Year 1923: State Inspector Of Mines Report, P 120.

  • Deposit

    Campbell, Stewart, 1925, Twenty Sixth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry For Idaho For The Year 1924: State Inspector Of Mines Report, P. 135.

  • Deposit

    Gerry, C. N., 1908, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, And Zinc In Idaho: Mineral Resources Of The United States For Calendar Year 1909, P. 428.

  • Deposit

    Gerry, C. N., 1913, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, And Zinc In Idaho: Mineral Resources Of The United States For The Calendar Year 1912, P. 728.

  • Deposit

    Gerry, C. N., 1914, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, And Zinc In Idaho And Washington: Mineral Resources Of The United States For The Calendar Year 1913, P. 777.

  • Deposit

    Gerry, C. N., 1921, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, And Zinc In Calendar Year 1918, P. 483.

  • Deposit

    Gerry, C. N., 1922, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, And Zinc In Calendar Year 1920, P. 253.

  • Deposit

    Gerry, C. N., 1924, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, And Zinc In Calendar Year 1921, P. 413.

  • Deposit

    Gerry, C. N., 1925, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, And Zinc In Calendar Year 1923, P. 394.

  • Deposit

    Gerry, C. N., 1927, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, And Zinc In Calendar Year 1924, P. 274.

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    Gerry, C. N., 1928, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, And Zinc In Calendar Year 1925, P. 538.

  • Deposit

    Gerry, C. N., 1929, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, And Zinc In In Idaho: Mineral Resources Of The United States For The Calendar Year 1926, P. 441.

  • Deposit

    Kiilsgaard, T. H., 1951, Valley View Mine, Lemhi County, Idaho: Defense Minerals Administration Unpublished Report Dma-1809x, 3 P.

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 11-91, 1991, Appendix C, No. 4, P. 133.

  • Deposit

    Mitchell, V. E., Strowd, W. B., Hustedde, G. S., Bennett, E. H., Compilers, 1981, Mines And Prospects Of The Dubois Quadrangle, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology, Mines And Prospects Map Series, 22 P.

  • Deposit

    Moore, F. C., 1910, Eleventh Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1909: State Inspector Of Mines Report, P. 73.

  • Deposit

    Ross, C. P., And Carr, M. S., 1941, The Metal And Coal Mining Districts Of Idaho, With Notes On The Non-Metallic Mineral Resources Of The State-Annotated Bibliography: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet No. 57, 263 P.

  • Deposit

    Stearns, H. T., 1923, Note On The First Discovery Of Vanadinite In Idaho: The American Mineralogist, V. 8, No. 7, P. 127-128.

  • Deposit

    Umpleby, J. B., 1913, Geology And Ore Deposits Of Lemhi County, Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 528, 182 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-JUN-1992 Kuizon, Lucy U.S. Bureau of Mines
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Fischer, Richard P. U.S. Geological Survey

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