Muldoon Mine

Past Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Copper, Gold, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10217240
MRDS ID W015695
MAS/MILS ID 0160130401
Record type Site
Current site name Muldoon Mine
Related records 10071921

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.88809, 43.6032 (WGS84)
Elevation 2196
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Muldoon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Arco(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Idaho Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little 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 Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 003 N 022 E 07 S2NWSW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Feldspar Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sericite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.88809, 43.6032

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N27W
    Dip 32E
    Thickness 5M
    Area 20HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Type of Orebody #3 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 BLEACHING
    Strike And Dip N27W:32E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 790302

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1881
Year of first production 1881

Mining district

District name Little Wood River District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Muldoon Barium Co.
    Home office Idaho

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Number of Adits 6
    Year of Information 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ID BUR MINES & GEOL. PAM.75

  • Deposit

    USGS PROF. PAPER 97

  • Deposit

    ELEVENTH ANN. REPT. OF MN. IND. IN ID FOR 1909, P.32-34

  • Deposit

    BELL, 8TH, &9TH ANN. REPT. OF MIN. IND. IN ID FOR 1906

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1975, ACTIVITY OF ID MINING PROPS IN 1974, 61 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-JAN-1995 Gosling U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references