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Mineral Hill Mine

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  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 10071991
MRDS ID W015792
MAS/MILS ID 0160590271
Record type Site
Current site name Mineral Hill Mine
Alternate or previous names Bob Detton Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.4014, 44.7328 (WGS84)
Elevation 2332
Relative position 3.5 MI NE OF LEADORE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West of Leadore(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 016N 026E 07 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Adjoins Peacock to N

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe Stains, Bleaching

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.4014, 44.7328
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS

Comments on the geologic information

  • Good ore may be under shale bed as at Peacock Prospect

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 Junction District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner J. E. Stephenson

Comments on the production information

  • A small amount of Pb ore was produced in 1898.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 tunnels all caved, bulldozer cuts

Comments on development

  • 7 unpatented claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Staley, W. W., 1962, Mineral Hill: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open-File Rept

  • Deposit

    1962 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open-File Rept

  • Production

    Staley, W. W., 1962, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open-File Rept.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Gossan probably extends to Peacock on S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-OCT-1990 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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