Kimmel Mine

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Mineral rights holdings
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011682
MRDS ID D006771
MAS/MILS ID 0160590275
Record type Site
Current site name Kimmel Mine
Alternate or previous names Idaho Consolidated Co., Lead Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.3169, 44.7061 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 3 MI NE OF LEADORE, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leadore(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadore(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 016N 026E 23 NE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Located about 600 ft. west of the Leadville Mine.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result ONE 42 TON TEST SHIPMENT FROM THE KIMMEL NO. 2 LEVEL IN 1949 ASSAYED 5.2% PB AND 3 OUNCES OF AG PER TON.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.3169, 44.7061

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Large Nw-Trending Mountain-Front Fault Which Is Both Pre-And Post-Mineralization.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Alaskite Dike, While Pre-Mineralization, Has Had Some Structural Control On Ore Body

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N80E
    Dip S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Occurs Near A Large Nw-Trending Fault Which Throws Down-Faulted Alluvial Outwash Against Ore-Bearing Limestone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Junction District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner East Lemhi Mining Co.
    Home office Spokane, Wa.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Alton L. Collins, Portland, Ore, And Ralph H.M. Geumlek, Salt Lake City, Ut.

Comments on the workings information

  • Two levels, with several hundred ft. of drifts, raises and winzes

Comments on development

  • Property consists of 11 unpatented claims (including the Leadville Mine). A D.M.A. loan application was made (Pocket No. 188) in the early 1950's.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Commodity Files, U.S.G.S., Spokane, WA

  • Deposit

    USGS Bulletin 528, PLATE 16, 182 P.

  • Deposit

    ANNUAL REPORT MINING IDAHO FOR 1919, P 61

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Property consists of 11 unpatented claims.
Deposit For more information see D.M.A. Docket 188 (Kimmel Mine) And Umpleby, 1913, concerning adjacent Leadville Mine.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Lewis, Reed S. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-MAR-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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