Dollarhide Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105671
MRDS ID W013819
MAS/MILS ID 0160250055
Record type Site
Current site name Dollarhide Mine
Alternate or previous names East Carrie Leonard Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.68512, 43.60319 (WGS84)
Elevation 2652
Relative position 17 MI. WSW OF KETCHUM, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Camas(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dollarhide Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Wood(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth 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 Camas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 003N 015E 09 NWSWSW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On Divide Between Carrie Leonard And Warm Springs Creeks.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 40 - 60 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Diorite Porphyry Dike
    Rock description Diorite Porphyry Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Limestone
    Rock description Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.68512, 43.60319

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, TABULAR
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 76.2M
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

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 Rosetta District
District name Little Smoky District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • Produced About $75,000

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 Tunnels

Comments on development

  • 17 Claims; Partly Dismantled 40 - Ton Concentrating Mill.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    Umpleby, J. B., 1914, USGS Bulletin 580 - K.

  • Deposit

    Umpleby, J. B., 1914, Ore Deposits In The Sawtooth Quadrangle, Blaine And Custer Counties, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 580 - K, P. 221 - 249.

  • Deposit

    Bell, R. N., 1907, Eighth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1906.

  • Deposit

    Bell, R. N., 1906, Seventh Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1905

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 4-92, 1992, P. 177-180.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Vein Dips 60 Deg Sw In The Eastern Part Of The Mine, 70 Deg Ne In The Western Part

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JAN-1995 Campbell U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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