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General Electric-Miller Mine

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Tungsten, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105786
MRDS ID W015861
Record type Site
Current site name General Electric-Miller Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.69923, 44.53461 (WGS84)
Elevation 2347
Relative position .75 MI NE OF PATTERSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Patterson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pahsimeroi(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 014N 023E 14,15,23 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Huebnerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Mn And Cu-Stain

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.69923, 44.53461
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 DEG W
    Dip 30 DEG SW
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Blue Wing District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner General Electric

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 8 WAS EXPERIMENTAL SHIPMENT

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS, TUNNELS, SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • 24 UNPATENTED, 24 PATENTED CLAIMS, MAJOR CLAIMS ARE MAZDA NO. 20 AND 33 CLAIMS AND PATTERSON NO. 2 CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALLAGHAN, E., AND LEMMON, D. M., 1941 , TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF THE BLUE WING DISTRICT, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL 931 -A, 21 P

  • Deposit

    1941 DIREXPL GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., USGS BULL 931-A

  • Deposit

    1941 RECON E. CALLAGHAN AND D. M. LEMMON, BULL 931-A

  • Production

    CALLAGHAN, E., AND LEMMON, D. M., 1941, USGS BULL 931-A

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN DESCRIBED ABOVE PROVIDED ORE FOR SHIPMENT; THERE ARE NUMEROUS OTHER VEINS ON THE PROPERTY, THESE TREND FROM N 40 DEG W TO N 80 DEG E, DIP NW, NE, AND SW, AND ARE NO LARGER THAN 1 FT WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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