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U. P. Mine

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten, Copper, Lead, Silver
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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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070438
MRDS ID W013375
MAS/MILS ID 0160590052
Record type Site
Current site name U. P. Mine
Alternate or previous names Burlington, U. P. and Burlington

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.01672, 45.23679 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Relative position 6 1/2 MI NW OF SALMON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leesburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(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 022N 021E 17,18,20 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • At Head Of Bob Moore Cr On Mtn Slope W Of Salmon; On North Side Of Up Lake

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result AU AVG. $8-10/TON
Result GRADE EST. AT 0.2% WO3.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith
    Rock description Idaho Batholith Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Yellowjacket Formation
    Rock description Yellowjacket Formation-Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.01672, 45.23679
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 42 DEG E
    Dip 85 DEG NW
    Length 914.4M
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures
  • Brecciated Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • Vein 100 Ft From Granite-Quartzite Contact
  • Original alteration entry:
    Local - Oxidation
  • Original ore control entry:
    Fissured And Brecciated Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1882
Discoverer W By A.L. Anderson

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner R. W. Mc Bride
    First year 1906
  • Type Owner
    Owner Frank R. Gooding
    First year 1906

Comments on the production information

  • Total Production Perhaps Few Thousand Dollars

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 Tunnels

Comments on development

  • 10 - Stamp Mill (1913)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1956, Geology And Mineral Resources Of The Salmon Quadrangle, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 106, 102 P.

  • Production

    Umpleby, J. B., 1913, USGS Bulletin 728, P. 158.

  • Deposit

    Umpleby, J. B., 1913, Geology And Ore Deposits Of Lemhi County, Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 528, 82 P.

  • Deposit

    Bell, Robert N., 1907, Eighth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1906, P. 105 - 106

  • Deposit

    Cook,E.F., 1956, Tungsten Deposits Of South-Central Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 108, 40 P.

  • Deposit

    Lorain, S.H. And Metzger, O.H., 1939, Reconnaissance Of Placer Mining Districts In Lemhi County, Idaho: USBM Inf. Circ. 7082, 81 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1882?. W IN 1942

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-OCT-1990 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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