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Clark and Rossi Property

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity Lead
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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. 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 10089295
MRDS ID W015715
Record type Site
Current site name Clark and Rossi Property
Alternate or previous names Pride of the Hills, Jerry Claims
Related records 10192936

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.9686, 44.3736 (WGS84)
Elevation 2697
Relative position 2.25 MI ENE OF NICHOLIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Italian Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Birch(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Caribou-Targhee 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 012N 029E 14 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON E SIDE OF CEDAR CANYON ABOUT .5 MI NE OF THE VIOLA MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Limestone
    Rock description Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.9686, 44.3736
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE LIMESTONE IS BLUISH GRAY MAGNESIAN, STRIKING N 35 DEG W AND DIPS 43 DEG NE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nicholia District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Targhee National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Clark Brothers And H. J. Rossi

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 53.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN INCLINED SHAFT AND A FEW DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • TWO CLAIMS, PRIDE OF THE HILLS AND THE JERRY MAKE UP THE PROPERTY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHENON, P. J., 1928, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE BIRCH CREEK DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 27, 25 P.

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., AND WAGNER, W. R., 1944, LEAD-ZINC-COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE BIRCH CREEK DISTRICT, CLARK AND LEMHI COUNTIES, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 70, 43 P.

  • Deposit

    1928 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 27

  • Deposit

    1944 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 70

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-04-01 Benjamin, David A.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

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