Sam and Tom Mine

Past Producer in Butte county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Tungsten
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. 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105771
MRDS ID W015653
MAS/MILS ID 0160230002
Record type Site
Current site name Sam and Tom Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.66979, 43.5152 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Relative position 20 MI SW OF ARCO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blizzard Mountain North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Arco(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Idaho Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Lost(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 002N 023E 12 S2 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • N Side Boyle Mountain Adjoining The Pandora; Just Inside Butte County

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Powellite Ore
Diopside Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation
  • (Local) Epidote

Analytical data

Result CHANNEL SAMPLE OF 1 FT OF MINERALIZED TACTITE ASSAYED 0.17% WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Rock unit name Dike-Syenite
    Rock description Dike-Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Metamorphosed Limestone, Tactite;Limestone
    Rock description Metamorphosed Limestone, Tactite;Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.66979, 43.5152

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 45 DEG W
    Dip 60 DEG SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Syenite Dike
  • Fault
  • Fissure

Comments on the geologic information

  • Pb-Ag Vein Occurs In Both Limestone And Syenite Dike And Is Controlled By A Fissure; Disseminated W Deposit Is In Limestone And The Underside Of Syenite Dike; Age Of Mineralization Above For Pb-Ag; W Age Of Mineralization Was Lcret
  • Original Alteration entry: Oxidation, Epidote
  • Original Ore Control entry: Syenite Dike, Fault, Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lava Creek District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • 15 Tons Ore Shipped (Anderson 1929)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Cook, E. F., 1956, Tungsten Deposits Of South-Central Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 108, 40 P.

  • Production

    Anderson, A. L., 1929, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 32

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1929, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Lava Creek District, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 32, 70 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A Silver-Lead Vein Trends N 85 Deg W, Dips 85 Deg Ne, And Is 1.5 Ft Wide; Strike And Dip Above Is For W Mineralization

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1975 Steigner, William D.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JAN-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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