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Shoo Fly Mine

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Mineral rights holdings
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106578
MRDS ID W013341
MAS/MILS ID 0160590144
Record type Site
Current site name Shoo Fly Mine
Alternate or previous names Sims Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.98812, 45.30489 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Relative position 6 3/4 MI S. OF NORTH FORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bird Creek(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 021E 21 SW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On Divide Separating Moose Creek From Salmon River Few Hundred Yards N. Of Where Stormy Peak Road Crosses Into The Moose Or Dump Creek Drainage. ; Info From Land.St :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Yellowjacket Formation
    Rock description Yellowjacket
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.98812, 45.30489
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR LENSES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sims, Howard

Comments on the production information

  • $75000 Au Production

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 289.56M

Comments on development

  • 3 Pat Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1959, Geology And Mineral Resources Of The North Fork Quadrangle, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 118, 92 P.

  • Production

    Anderson, A. L., 1959, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Pamphlet 118, 92 P.

  • Deposit

    USGS Bull 528.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Residual Placer Worked Above Vein ; Info.Src : 1 Pub Lit

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 21-SEP-1992 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.

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