| Deposit ID | 10071458 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W014860 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0160590011 |
| Record type | Site |
| Mineralized Area | 0160590011 |
| Current site name | Grunter Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Shoup |
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.2889, 45.3736 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1097 |
| Relative position | 13.5 MI NW OF LEESBURG |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Lemhi(county)
Idaho(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Pine Creek Rapids(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Idaho | Lemhi |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boise | 024N | 018E | 25 | Idaho |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Huebnerite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Muscovite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Pyrrhotite | Gangue |
| Result | SCHEELITE CONCENTRATED IN SMALL PATCHES |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Gneissic Granite;Dikes-Lamprophyre, Granitic | ||||||
| Rock description | Gneissic Granite;Dikes-Lamprophyre, Granitic | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| Rock unit name | Belt Supergroup |
| Rock description | Belt Supergroup-Schist, Quartzite |
| (1) | -114.2889, 45.3736 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure name | Fault |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure name | Brecciation |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure name | Gouge |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure name | Slickensides |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 85 DEG E |
| Dip | 65 DEG S |
| Length | 121.92M |
| Width | 6.1M |
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1882 |
| Discoverer | Same James And Pat O'Hara |
| District name | Mineral Hill And Indian Creek District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Salmon National Forest |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Gold Producers, Inc. |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 30.48M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W014860 | |
| Idaho Geological Survey | Idaho Mines and Prospects | IMP | EC_401 | http://www.idahogeology.org/ |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0160590011 | data consolidated into this record |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D001121 | data consolidated into this record |
Gray, F. A., 1927, Univ. Of Minnesota, Phd Thesis.
Hobbs, S. W., 1964, Mineral Resource-Tungsten, In Mineral And Water Resources Of Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Spec. Rept. No. 1, P. 223 - 233.
Moore, F. C., 1910, Eleventh Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1909.
Bell, R. N., 1904, Report Of The Mining Districts Of Idaho For The Year 1903.
Griner, W. C., 1975, Seventy-First Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1973-1974, 98 P.
Gray, F. A., 1927, Ore Deposits Of The Mineral Hill District, Lemhi County, Idaho: Minneapolis, Minnesota, Univ. Of Minnesota, Phd Thesis.
1904 Compile State Mine Inspector's Annual Report
1910 Compile State Mine Inspector's Annual Report
1964 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Spec. Rept. No. 1
1968 Recon A. H. Koschmann And M. H. Bergendahl, Prof. Paper 610
1975 Compile State Mine Inspector's Annual Report
USBM WFOC Wilderness Studies
Lemmon, D.M., Unpublished Data.
Lemmon, D.M., And Tweto, O.L., 1962, Tungsten In The U.S., USGS Map, MR-25.
Umpleby, J.B., 1913, USGS Bulletin 528.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | A second vein trends N, dips steeply E, and is 2 ft wide |
| Deposit | This has been worked as a gold mine. The average content of Wo3 is less than 0.1 percent. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1973 | Elliott, James E. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1976 | Duncan, Daniel G. (Miller, Pat) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 13-OCT-1990 | Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Editor | 09-JUN-1995 | Mosier, Dan | U.S. Geological Survey |
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