| Deposit ID | 10070423 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W013354 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Eldorado Mine |
| Related records | 10144473 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.67591, 45.24128 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2499 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | 11.6 MI N68E OF SALMON |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lemhi(county)
Idaho(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bohannon Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Dillon(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Idaho | Lemhi |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boise | 022N | 023E | 13 | NW OF NE | Idaho |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Lemhi | ||||
| Rock description | Lemhi | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -113.67591, 45.24128 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of last production | 1905 |
| District name | Eldorado District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W013354 | |
| Idaho Geological Survey | Idaho Mines and Prospects | IMP | DI_166 | http://www.idahogeology.org/ |
ANDERSON, A. L., 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BAKER QUADRANGLE, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 112, 71 P.
MACKENZIE, W. O., 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF A SECTION OF THE BEAVER HEAD RANGE, EAST OF SALMON, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M.S. THESIS, 52 P.
UMPLEBY, J. B., 1913, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 528, 82 P.
1913 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY; BULL. 528
1949 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 112
ANDERSON, A. L., 1957, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 112, 71 P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE SIMILAR TO RANGER MINE. SPARSE SULFIDES AND PATCHES OF OXIDES ON WHITE QUARTZ. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1974 | Miller, Pat J. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-1985 | Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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