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Mountain King Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Copper, Cadmium
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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. 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. Production statistics
  20. Workings at the site
  21. Links to other databases
  22. Bibliographic references
  23. General comments
  24. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070823
MRDS ID W013924
MAS/MILS ID 0160370229
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain King Mine
Alternate or previous names Silver Streak, Happy Day, King

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.03014, 44.60458 (WGS84)
Elevation 2530
Relative position 12 MI BY ROAD FROM SEAFOAM RANGER STATION.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greyhound Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Middle Fork Salmon(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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 015N 012E 29 NESW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1.5 Mi W of Sheep Mountain; On N. Side of Ridge

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Cadmium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 1 Sample Had 0.07% Cd; Ag, Au In Galena

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS SHOW 0.15 TO 28.0 OZ AG/TON, TRACE TO 0.2 OZ. AU/TON, TRACE TO 0.52% CU, TRACE TO 50.2% PB, TRACE TO 12.7% ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Dikes-Andesite Porphyry;Dikes-Lamprophyre
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Dikes-Andesite Porphyry;Dikes-Lamprophyre
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Dolomitic Limestone;Belt Supergroup-Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.03014, 44.60458
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Folds Near Batholith Contact Strike N 15 Deg W; Farther E. From Contact Folds Strike N 35 To 40 Deg W

Ore body information

  • General form CHIMNEY
    Strike N 76 DEG W
    Dip 48 DEG SW
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 33.53M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures
  • Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1884

Mining district

District name Sheep Mountain District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Earl And Fred Shirts; Larson
  • Type Owner
    Owner Lee Hopkins, Boise, Id.

Production statistics

  • Year 1884
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Silver Silver 33187g
    Major Lead Lead 2.29mt
  • Year 1892
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 36.11mt
    Major Silver Silver 204629g
  • Year 1917
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 0.37mt
    Major Silver Silver 1119g
  • Year 1939
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 6.82mt
    Minor Copper Copper 0.13mt
    Major Silver Silver 37541g
  • Year 1945
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 13.89mt
    Minor Gold Gold 124g
    Minor Zinc Zinc 18.67mt
    Minor Copper Copper 0.27mt
    Major Silver Silver 89173g
  • Year 1946
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 25.53mt
    Minor Gold Gold 279g
    Minor Zinc Zinc 16.42mt
    Minor Copper Copper 0.39mt
    Major Silver Silver 164506g
  • Year 1947
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 24.47mt
    Minor Gold Gold 311g
    Minor Zinc Zinc 10.5mt
    Minor Copper Copper 0.22mt
    Major Silver Silver 160525g
  • Year 1948
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 36.88mt
    Minor Gold Gold 1244g
    Minor Zinc Zinc 52.27mt
    Minor Copper Copper 0.82mt
    Major Silver Silver 191566g
  • Year 1949
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 66.33mt
    Minor Gold Gold 715g
    Minor Zinc Zinc 82.47mt
    Minor Copper Copper 1.49mt
    Major Silver Silver 381950g
  • Year 1951
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 54.91mt
    Minor Gold Gold 590g
    Minor Zinc Zinc 80.06mt
    Minor Copper Copper 1.39mt
    Major Silver Silver 315513g
  • Year 1952
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 39.99mt
    Minor Gold Gold 1026g
    Minor Zinc Zinc 58.13mt
    Minor Copper Copper 1.2mt
    Major Silver Silver 233151g
  • Year 1953
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 27.66mt
    Minor Gold Gold 404.34g
    Minor Zinc Zinc 34.94mt
    Minor Copper Copper 0.74mt
    Major Silver Silver 120650.4g
  • Year 1954
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 3.31mt
    Minor Gold Gold 62.2g
    Minor Zinc Zinc 4.3mt
    Minor Copper Copper 0.09mt
    Major Silver Silver 21492.5g
  • Year 1965
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Lead Lead 2.4mt
    Minor Gold Gold 31.1g
    Minor Zinc Zinc 4.3mt
    Minor Copper Copper 0.04mt
    Major Silver Silver 11290.56g
  • Year 1965
    Period 1884-1965
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^10.1% Pb, 0.2% Cu, 11.9% Zn, 16.6 Oz Ag, 0.05 Oz Au/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 10wt-pct
    Major Ore Gold Gold 1g/mt
    Ore Zinc Zinc 12wt-pct
    Major Ore Copper Copper 0wt-pct
    Major Ore Silver Silver 469g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • Total Production $323,100

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 502.92M

Comments on development

  • 86 Claims; Mill On Property

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1304, 431 P.

  • Deposit

    TREVES, SAMUEL B., AND MELEAR, JOHN D., 1953, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SEAFOAM MINING DISTRICT, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 96, 19 P.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1975, ACTIVITY OF IDAHO MINING PROPERTIES, 1974, USBM, BOISE, IDAHO, 61 P.

  • Deposit

    MELEAR, J. D., 1953, THE PETROLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SEAFOAM MINING DISTRICT, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS, 36 P.

  • Deposit

    1953 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 96

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, BULL. 1304

  • Deposit

    1975 COMPILE USBM, MINING ACTIVITY LIST, 1974

  • Production

    ITEMS 1 - 3 , MELEAR, J.D., 1953 , UNIV. OF IDAHO, M.S. THESIS, P. 26; ITEMS 8 - 13 , CATER, F.W., AND OTHERS, 1973 , USGS BULL. 1304 , 431 P.

  • Deposit

    BELL, R. N., 1919, TWENTY-FIRST ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1919, P. 68.

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J. B., AND LIVINGSTON, D. C., 1920, IDAHO BUREAU OFMINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 3, P. 24-25.

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C. P., 1930, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 33, P. 5-6.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Silver Streak Workings Are About 3600 Ft. N of the Mountain King and About 800 Ft Lower.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-OCT-1992 Zilka, Nicholas T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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