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Twin Cabin Mine

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105624
MRDS ID W013293
MAS/MILS ID 0160590153
Record type Site
Current site name Twin Cabin Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.74152, 45.32819 (WGS84)
Elevation 2926
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 12.8 MI N36E 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

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 023N 023W 09,16 S2 (09), CENTER OF N2 OF N2 (16) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • West Flank, Ajax Pk ; Info From Land.St :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • The Veins Grade Into Massive Quartz Toward The Miner Lake Fault

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Lemhi
    Rock description Lemhi

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.74152, 45.32819
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name Miner Lake Fault

Ore body information

  • General form PODS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original ore control entry:
    Miner Lake Fault
  • Original Structures entry:
    Regional - Miner Lake Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875

Mining district

District name Carmen Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • All Adits Caved

Comments on development

  • Minor Prospecting In 1966

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MacKenzie, W. O., 1949, Geology And Ore Deposits Of A Section Of The Beaverhead Range, East Of Salmon, Lemhi County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M. S. Thesis, 52 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S

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
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 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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