Carmen Creek Mine

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089152
MRDS ID W013294
Record type Site
Current site name Carmen Creek Mine
Related records 10217142

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.73758, 45.28572 (WGS84)
Elevation 2085
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 10.8 MI N46E OF SALMON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Homer Youngs Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(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 023N 023E 33 NW OF NE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1.9 MI N66W OF FREEMAN PK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)
  • AT CONFLUENCE WITH SALMON RIVER ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SHALLOW OXIDATION ZONE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Lemhi
    Rock description Lemhi

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.73758, 45.28572

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Miner Lake Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 55 W
    Dip 70 SW
    Width 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Or Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1904

Mining district

District name Carmen Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 167.64M

Comments on development

  • FORD QUARTZ MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MACKENZIE, W. O., 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF A SECTION OF THE BEAVERHEAD RANGE, EAST OF SALMON, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS, 52 P.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 528.

  • Deposit

    1913 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY; BULL. 52

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Bainbridge, Terri L.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1985 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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