Brittannic Mine

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071586
MRDS ID W015064
Record type Site
Current site name Brittannic Mine
Alternate or previous names Brittannic Mining Co.
Related records 10121034

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.29623, 45.36738 (WGS84)
Elevation 1082
Relative position .87 MI SW OF SHOUP

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 024N 018E 35,36 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Leaching, Limonite And Hematite Stains

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granite Dike;Gneissic Granite
    Rock description Granite Dike;Gneissic Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.29623, 45.36738

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 DEG E
    Dip 65 DEG SE
    Length 54.86M
    Width 0.08M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Jointing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1886

Mining district

District name Mineral Hill District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Brittannic Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • $25,000 PRODUCTION VALUE INCLUDES PRODUCTION FROM MARGARET AND SPECULATION MINES

Comments on development

  • BRITTANNIC MINE, ALONG WITH THE MARGARET MINE AND SPECULATION MINE, WAS WORKED UNDER THE NAME OF BRITTANNIC MINING CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRAY, F. A., 1927, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL HILL DISTRICT, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, UNIV. OF MINNESOTA, PH D THESIS

  • Production

    GRAY, F. A., 1927, UNIV. OF MINNESOTA, PH D THESIS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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