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Deer Trail Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Tungsten
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070959
MRDS ID W014119
MAS/MILS ID 0160370014
Record type Site
Current site name Deer Trail Mine
Alternate or previous names Deertrail Mine, Blackman Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.65562, 44.04879 (WGS84)
Elevation 2804
Relative position 38.5 MI SW OF CHALLIS; 9.5 MI ENE OF OBSIDIAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Washington Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008N 015E 02 NESE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Near Headwaters of Fourth of July Creek, SW. of Blackman Peak. Land Status Value Calculated 7-94 Using GIS Overlay Analysis With USFS Land Ownership Boundaries, 1:126,720 Scale.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) SLIGHT CARBONATE SILIC

Analytical data

Result RESOURCES OF WESTERN ZONE AVERAGE 3.66% ZN, 0.17% PB, 0.26 OZ AG/TON AND TRACE GOLD. RESOURCES OF EASTERN ZONE 3.84% ZN, 1.62% PB, 0.6 OZ AG/TON, AND TRACE GOLD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name White Cloud Stock-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description White Cloud Stock-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Milligen Formation-Argillite, Limestone;Tactite
    Rock description Milligen Formation-Argillite, Limestone;Tactite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.65562, 44.04879
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, PODS
    Length 121.92M
    Width 12.19M
  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N35W
    Dip 70W
    Thickness 12M
    Length 107M
    Width 66M
    Area 10HA
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated, Faults, Shear Zone
  • Fracturing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1883
Discoverer George Blackman
Year of first production 1954

Mining district

District name Obsidian District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Lessor
    Owner Frances Comer
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1978
  • Type Lessee/Operator
    Owner Elmer Enderlin
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1978

Comments on the production information

  • 1957 Production Also Included 600 Lb Cu, 2000 Lb Pb, and 2700 Lb Zn

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 467M
    Field Value
    Number of Shafts 1
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 72
    Number of Adits 2
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    2nd Condition of Workings CAVED AT PORTAL
    3rd Condition of Workings PART ACCESSIBLE
    Year of Information 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 Tactite Zones, Western and Eastern.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 29-JUN-1992 Federspiel U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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