Gilmore Mine

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Iron, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10290586
MAS/MILS ID 0160590305
Record type Site
Current site name Gilmore Mine
Alternate or previous names Neversweat, United Idaho Mining Co., Silver Dollar Prospect, Pittsburg-Idaho, Sixteen-To-One

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.28559, 44.4521 (WGS84)
Elevation 2391
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gilmore(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Borah Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lemhi(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 013 N 027 E 18 SWNESW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Unknown
Calamine Unknown
Cerussite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyromorphite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Smithsonite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Wad Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.28559, 44.4521

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N15E
    Dip 40W
    Thickness 5.5M
    Width 201M
    Area 40HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Strike And Dip N15E:40W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 40
    Date of Last Modification 820211

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1902
Year of first production 1904

Mining district

District name Texas

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner United Id Min. Co., A Subsid. Of Us Smelt, Refin And Mg. Co
    ID 1001527
    Year 1978

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2007M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Number of Shafts 1
    Number of Inclines 1
    Number of Adits 4
    Year of Information 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 528, P 99-103

  • Deposit

    ANN RPT MNG IDA FOR 1904, P 102, 1911, P 78 AND OTHER YEARS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-OCT-90 Gosling 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 08/12/1982
MSHA mine ID1001527
Mine name (MSHA)Gilmore Mine
Current operatorAll Minerals Corp
Current controller (parent)Mahoney Stanford R
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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