Yancey

Past Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10265205
MAS/MILS ID 0160130153
Record type Site
Current site name Yancey

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.42561, 43.55429 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mahoney Butte(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 Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 003 N 017 E 34 SWNWNW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 2 MILES NORTH FROM HAILEY ON STATE HWY 21 TO DEER CREEK RD. 5 MILES WEST ON DEER CREEK RD. TO MINE. ACCESS ROAD 2 MILES TO MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.42561, 43.55429

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Fife-Davis Partners
    ID 1001480
    Home office Washington
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA REPORT DATED AUGUST 1980.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-OCT-97 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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 06/01/1981
MSHA mine ID1001480
Mine name (MSHA)Yancey Mine
Current operatorFife & Davis Partners
Current controller (parent)Fife Milt & Leroy Davis
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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