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Clara Morris Group Mine

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070384
MRDS ID W013286
Record type Site
Current site name Clara Morris Group Mine
Related records 10266139

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.92092, 45.57239 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 1 1/2 MI. NE OF GIBBONSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gibbonsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wisdom(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 026N 021E 24 CENTER OF NE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON W. SLOPE OF MTN, NE OF GIBBONSVILLE, E SIDE OF ANDERSON CR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Diorite Sill
    Rock description Diorite Sill
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Yellowjacket Formation
    Rock description Yellowjacket

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.92092, 45.57239
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Postmineral Faulting; Greatest Displacement Is 42 Ft. Bedding Strikes N 20 Deg W, Dips 60 Deg Ne.

Ore body information

  • General form SHOOTS
    Strike EAST - WEST
    Dip S
    Length 91.44M
    Width 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875

Mining district

District name Gibbonsville District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED ABOUT $225000 WORTH.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 762M

Comments on the workings information

  • 27 VEINS - 2 OF WHICH HAVE PROVED VALUABLE.

Comments on development

  • 14 PATENTED CLAIMS. PATENTED IN 1900. REDUCTION BY ARRASTRE AT FIRST, THEN BY STAMP MILL AND CYANIDE LATER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 528

  • Deposit

    1913 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY; BULL. 528

  • Deposit

    1939 RECON U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 7082

  • Production

    UMPLEBY, J. B., 1913, USGS BULL. 528, P. 133

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Bainbridge, Terri L.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1983 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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