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Lake Creek and Price Group Mine

Past Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodity Zinc
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070681
MRDS ID W013714
Record type Site
Current site name Lake Creek and Price Group Mine
Related records 10143720, 10289698

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.33031, 43.77299 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position 8 MI. NNE OF KETCHUM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rock Roll Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Wood(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth 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 Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 005N 018E 08,09 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH SIDE OF LAKE CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calamine Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wood River Formation-Limestone, Conglomerate
    Rock description Wood River Formation-Limestone, Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.33031, 43.77299
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone, Brecciation, Joints

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Warm Springs Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kusa Smelter Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Alonzo Price - Price Group, Robert Koeninger - Lake Creek Group

Production statistics

  • Year 1918
    Period 1917-1918
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^35 - 50% Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Zinc Zinc 43wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW CUTS, SHORT TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J. B., AND OTHERS, 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WOOD RIVER REGION, IDAHO, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE MINNIE MOORE AND NEAR-BY MINES: USGS BULL. 814, P. 1-245

  • Deposit

    1930 GEOLMAP J. B. UMPLEBY AND OTHERS, BULL. 81

  • Production

    UMPLEBY, J. B., AND OTHERS, 1930, USGS BULL. 814.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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