The Blue Kitten Mine is a zinc, lead, and silver mine located in Blaine county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,699 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,699 Feet (2,042 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 43.6425, -114.49530
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Blue Kitten Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Kitten Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Blaine
District: Warm Springs Mining 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: Sawtooth National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Sun Valley Lead-Silver Mines, Inc
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1951
Discovery Year: 1905
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Smoky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limestone Silicified Near Granite Contact
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 3000 TONS AVERAGED APPROXIMATELY 3.5 OZ AG/TON, 8% COMBINED PB AND ZN
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ORE OCCURS AS RATHER ISOLATED PODS OR LENSES WITH FEW, IF ANY, CLUES TO THEIR EXTENSIONS.
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF PB-ZN-AG ORE WAS PRODUCED.
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: ORE WAS CONCENTRATED IN A FLOTATION MILL.
Comment (Workings): MINE DEVELOPED BY TWO ADITS 110 FT APART VERTICALLY. ORE DOES NOT PERSIST TO DEPTH OF LOWER ADIT. ONLY 1 MINABLE ORE LENS FOUND
References
Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY, J.B., WESTGATE, L.G., AND ROSS, C.P. 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WOOD RIVER REGION, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 814, 250 P
Reference (Deposit): 1930 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY, BULL. 81
Reference (Production): UMPLEBY, J.B., AND OTHERS, 1930, USGS BULL. 814.
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