The Blue Lead Prospect is a silver and lead mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho.
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Mine Info
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Blue Lead Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Lead Prospect
Secondary: Davidson Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Junction District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Salmon National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: R. H. Davidson
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Beaverhead Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shear Zone Extends For Several Miles
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cambrian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT WITH 3 LEVELS AND ABOUT 200 FT OF DRIFTS, SMALL BULLDOZED TRENCH, CAVED VERTICAL SHAFT.
Comment (Deposit): FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE D.M.E.A. POCKET NO. 2433 (1952) ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): LOCATED SOMEWHERE NEAR THE DIVIDE ON GRIZZLY HILL, ROUGHLY ONE MILE NE OF THE DIGMORE MINE.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION VERY LIMITED-ESTIMATED AT LESS THAN 100 TONS
Comment (Development): PROPERTY CONSISTS OF FOUR UNPATENTED CLAIMS. D.M.E.A. LOAN APPLICATION (POCKET NO. 2433) MADE IN 1952.
Comment (Deposit): INTERMITTENT REPLACEMENT ALONG 6 FT WIDE SHEAR ZONE
References
Reference (Production): COMMODITY FILES, U.S.G.S., SPOKANE WA
Reference (Deposit): COMMODITY FILES, U.S.G.S., SPOKANE WA
Idaho Gold
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