Sentinel Mine

Past Producer in Butte county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071913
MRDS ID W015682
MAS/MILS ID 0160230026
Record type Site
Current site name Sentinel Mine
Alternate or previous names North Creek No. 1, Lindy, Johnson

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.01757, 43.98321 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 14 MI S OF HOWE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Howe NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Arco(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Idaho Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little 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 008N 029E 33,32 SENENE (32) Idaho
Boise 007N 029E 04 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • In North Creek Canyon About 1 Mi Upstream From Wilbert Camp

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Wulfenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Saturday Mountain Formation-Dolomite;Kinnikinic Quartzite
    Rock description Saturday Mountain Formation-Dolomite;Kinnikinic Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.01757, 43.98321

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name Black Canyon Fault

Ore body information

  • Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original Ore Control entry: Dolomite Bedding Planes In Part And W Branch Of Black Canyon Fault In Part

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dome District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Frank Byrd And Richard Nichols
    Home office Idaho

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 Levels

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, R. A., 1948, Reconnaissance Survey Of The Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Southwestern Portion Of Lemhi Range, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 80, 17 P.

  • Production

    Ross, C. P., 1961, USGS Bulletin 1081-F; Item 9, USBM, 1949-1951, Mineral Yearbooks For 1947-1949

  • Deposit

    Ross, C. P., 1961, Geology Of The Southern Part Of The Lemhi Range, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1081-F, P. 189-260.

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1949-1951, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, And Zinc In Idaho: USBM Mineral Yearbooks For 1947-1949.

  • Deposit

    Umpleby, J. B., 1914, The Lead-Silver Deposits Of The Dome District, Id: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 540, P. 212-222.

  • Deposit

    Umpleby, J. B., 1917, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Mackay Region, Id: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 97, 129 P.

  • Deposit

    Ross, C. P., 1933, The Dome Mining District, Butte County, Id: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet No. 39, 12 P.

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 11-91, 1991, Appendix B, P. 57-71.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 16-NOV-1992 Lipton, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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