Whitebird Deposit

Past Producer in Butte county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Mineral rights holdings
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093631
MRDS ID W015811
MAS/MILS ID 0160230066
Record type Site
Current site name Whitebird Deposit
Alternate or previous names White Bird, Mormon Gulch, Jernberg Mine, Staley Mine, Part of Metta Mine-See Bighorn Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.02027, 44.0218 (WGS84)
Elevation 2835
Relative position 9.75 MI SW OF KAUFMAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fallert Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Borah Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little 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 Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008N 029E 17 SESESW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Adjoins Bighorn Mine, In Mormon Gulch Canyon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Barite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Brazer Limestone-Shaly Limestone
    Rock description Brazer Limestone-Shaly Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.02027, 44.0218

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Northward Projection Of Black Canyon Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip 90 DEG

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • Near Northward Projection Of Black Canyon Fault
  • Original Ore Control entry: Fault Zone

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 Dome District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Challis National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bill Yearsley
    Home office Idaho

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 64.01M
    Overall depth 33.53M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 Shaft, 1 Cross-Cut

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, R. A., 1948 , Reconnaissance Survey Of The Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Southwestern Portion Of The Lemhi Range, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 80 , 18 P.

  • Deposit

    Ross, C. P., 1961, Geology Of The Southern Part Of The Lemhi Range, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1081-F, P. 189-260.

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 11-91, 1991, Appendix C, No. 50, P. 150.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 10-JUN-1992 Kuizon, Lucy U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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