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Lead Belt Mine

Past Producer in Butte county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper
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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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071908
MRDS ID W015675
MAS/MILS ID 0160230019
Record type Site
Current site name Lead Belt Mine
Alternate or previous names Antelope Mine, Big Dipper, Weiler Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.66199, 43.601 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 18.25 MI W OF ARCO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blizzard Mountain North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Arco(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Idaho Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Lost(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 003N 023E 13,12 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Very Near Head Of Lead Belt Creek, A Tributary Of Antelope Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Rhodochrosite Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES GAVE 10 - 30 % PB, 1 OZ AG/UNIT PB, $1 AU/TON
Result SOME HAND - SORTED MATERIAL NEAR SURFACE HAD 300 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name White Knob Formation Or Cu Basin Formation: Limestone
    Rock description White Knob Formation Or Cu Basin Formation: Lst
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.66199, 43.601
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, CHIMNEY-LIKE, BUNCHES, LENS
    Strike N
    Dip 35 DEG W
    Length 304.8M
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures
  • Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • Age Of Limestone Inferred From Nelson And Ross (1968), Limestone Belongs Either To White Knob Limestone Or Copper Basin

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1890
Year of first production 1908

Mining district

District name Lava Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lead Belt Mines Syndicate

Production statistics

  • Year 1913
    Material ?
    Description Ap_Grade: ^16 % Pb, 16 Oz Ag/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 452g/mt
    Trace Lead Lead 16wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • A Small Amount Of Pb-Ag Ore Was Produced In 1908. Item 2 Totaled 3 Carloads.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 609.6M
    Overall depth 42.67M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1929, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Lava Creek District, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 32, 70 P.

  • Production

    USBM, 1943, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, And Zinc In Idaho: USBM Mineral Yearbook For 1941, P. 331-357

  • Deposit

    Salt Lake Mining Review, 1923, Mineral Resources And Opportunities Of Custer County, Idaho: Salt Lake Mining Review, V. 25, No. 6, P. 12-15

  • Deposit

    Umpleby, J. B., 1917, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Mackay Region,Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 97, 129 P.

  • Deposit

    Nelson, W. H., And Ross, C. P., 1968, Geology Of Part Of The Alder Creek Mining District, Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1252-A, 30 P.

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-4, No. 615, P. 246.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JAN-1995 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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