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No Pay Mine

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071976
MRDS ID W015772
MAS/MILS ID 0160590222
Record type Site
Current site name No Pay Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.4684, 44.99319 (WGS84)
Elevation 2301
Relative position 9 MI ENE OF TENDOY, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lemhi Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Leadore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lemhi(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 019N 025E 10,11 NWNW (11) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On Horseshoe Bend Creek .75 Mi N Of Lemhi Pass Road

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock type qualifier Micaceous Quartzite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Micaceous Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.4684, 44.99319
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 43 DEG W
    Dip 33 DEG SW
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 45.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • Quartzite Bedding Strikes N 70-75 Deg E With Dip Of 20-30 Deg Nw
  • Original ore control entry:
    Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925

Mining district

District name Mc Devitt District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Keith And Don Davis

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 30.48M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    Sharp, W. N., And Cavendar, W. S., 1962, USGS Bull 1126

  • Deposit

    Sharp, W. N., And Cavendar, W. S., 1962, Geology And Thorium-Bearing Deposits Of The Lemhi Pass Area, Lemhi County, Idaho And Beaverhead County, Montana: USGS Bulletin 1126, 76 P.

  • Deposit

    Staatz, M. H., 1972, Geology And Description Of The Thorium-Bearing Veins, Lemhi Pass Quadrangle, Idaho And Montana: USGS Bull 1351, 94 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-MAR-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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