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Big Smokey Et Al. Claims

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094407
MRDS ID D006768
Record type Site
Current site name Big Smokey Et Al. Claims
Alternate or previous names Warm Creek Silver Mines Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.26616, 44.33518 (WGS84)
Elevation 2890
Relative position 8.5 MI S OF GILMORE, ID

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

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 012N 027E 29,32 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE W. SLOPE OF TRAIL PEAK, AT THE HEADWATERS OF WARM CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.26616, 44.33518
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Silicified Shear Zones, Or Veins, That Are Generally Parallel To The Strike Of The Beds (N30w) But Which At Times Are Transverse To The Strike.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Spring Mtn. District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Warm Creek Silver Mines, Inc. (James E. Reddy, President)
    First year 1965

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 PITS AND 4 ADITS. 2 ADITS WERE EACH 100 FT LONG, OTHER 2 CAVED

Comments on development

  • 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS (BIG SMOKEY, EDNA, DAVE AND OLLIE) OME LOAN APPLICATION (POCKET NO. 6390) MADE IN 1965.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMODITY FILES, U.S.G.S., SPOKANE, WA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL SMALL VEINS .5 TO 3 FT WIDE ARE PRESENT
Deposit FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE OME POCKET NO. 6390 (1965) ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Lewis, Reed S. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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