Martha Mine

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10105784
MRDS ID W015799
Record type Site
Current site name Martha Mine
Alternate or previous names Allie Mining Company

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.2867, 44.4553 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position 1 MI WSW OF GILMORE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gilmore(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Borah Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lemhi(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 013N 027E 18 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ALLIE CLAIMS SURROUND LATEST OUT MINE; PLOT IS AN APPROXIMATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PB AND CU ARE MINOR OCCURRENCES, MINE PREDOMINANTLY AU

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Limestone
    Rock description Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.2867, 44.4553

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Folding

Ore body information

  • Strike N 10 DEG E
    Dip 20 DEG W
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 152.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone, Probably Fault Plane

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910

Mining district

District name Texas District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gilmore Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Allie Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM B WAS SMELTER ORE RETURN; VALUE ITEM 9 ABOUT $150,000

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVE ESTIMATE FOR BOTH MARTHA AND DOROTHY CLAIMS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 136.55M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J. B., 1913, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL 528, P. 107.

  • Deposit

    BELL, R. N., 1918, NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1917

  • Deposit

    BELL, R. N., 1920, TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1919

  • Deposit

    1913 RECON UMPLEBY, J. B., BULL 528

  • Production

    ITEM 8, UMPLEBY, J. B., 1913, USGS BULL 528; ITEM 9, BELL, R.N., 1918, MINING INDUSTRY REPORT FOR 1917;ITEMS 1, 2, 3, BELL, R. N., 1920, MINING INDUSTRY REPORT FOR 1919

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-06-01 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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