Easlie Group Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071934
MRDS ID W015712
Record type Site
Current site name Easlie Group Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.68422, 43.90046 (WGS84)
Elevation 2423
Relative position 3.25 MI WSW OF MACKAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mackay Reservoir(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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 007N 023E 35,36 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Wollastonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granite Porphyry
    Rock description Granite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name White Knob Limestone
    Rock description White Knob Lst

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.68422, 43.90046

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POCKETS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • East Contact Of Limestone With The Granite Porphyry

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Little Wood River District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ONE CAR OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1909 RAN 30% PB AND 8-9 OZ/TON AG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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 BULL. 1252-A, 30 P.

  • Deposit

    1917 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY, J. B., PROF. PAPER 97

  • Deposit

    1968 GEOLMAP NELSON, W. H. AND ROSS, C. P., BULL. 1252-A

  • Production

    UMPLEBY, J. B., 1917, USGS PROF. PAPER 97

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 Siefken, Robert R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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