The Kimmel Mine is a lead mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,499 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 44.7061, -113.31690
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Kimmel Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kimmel Mine
Secondary: Idaho Consolidated Co.
Secondary: Lead Hill
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Junction District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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.
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Alton L. Collins, Portland, Ore, And Ralph H.M. Geumlek, Salt Lake City, Ut.
Owner Name: East Lemhi Mining Co.
Home Office: Spokane, Wa.
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Large Nw-Trending Mountain-Front Fault Which Is Both Pre-And Post-Mineralization.
Type: L
Description: Alaskite Dike, While Pre-Mineralization, Has Had Some Structural Control On Ore Body
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ONE 42 TON TEST SHIPMENT FROM THE KIMMEL NO. 2 LEVEL IN 1949 ASSAYED 5.2% PB AND 3 OUNCES OF AG PER TON.
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): For more information see D.M.A. Docket 188 (Kimmel Mine) And Umpleby, 1913, concerning adjacent Leadville Mine.
Comment (Development): Property consists of 11 unpatented claims (including the Leadville Mine). A D.M.A. loan application was made (Pocket No. 188) in the early 1950's.
Comment (Workings): Two levels, with several hundred ft. of drifts, raises and winzes
Comment (Location): Located about 600 ft. west of the Leadville Mine.
Comment (Deposit): Property consists of 11 unpatented claims.
References
Reference (Deposit): ANNUAL REPORT MINING IDAHO FOR 1919, P 61
Reference (Deposit): Commodity Files, U.S.G.S., Spokane, WA
Reference (Deposit): USGS Bulletin 528, PLATE 16, 182 P.
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