Iron Creek Deposit

The Iron Creek Deposit is a cobalt and copper mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,499 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Iron Creek Deposit
Secondary: Jackass Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Cobalt
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Iron
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Sulfur
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Graphite

Location

State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Blackbird

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Hanna Mining Co.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1967
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Salmon River Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LINEAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Shear Zone, Folds

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: MINERALOGY PROBABLY SIMILAR TO BLACKBIRD DISTRICT

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Development): ORIGINAL DISCOVERY IN CUT FOR NEW ROAD

Comment (Workings): GEOPHYSICS AND DRILLING SAID TO HAVE OUTLINED MINERAL ZONE SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET LONG AND 500 FEET WIDE.

Comment (Geology): SHEAR ZONE TRENDS N 55 DEG W AND DIPS 78 DEG NE

Comment (Location): ALSO IN W 1/2 SEC. 21

References

Reference (Deposit): VHAY, J.S., USGS (RETIRED)

Reference (Deposit): REGAN, D., BEAR CREEK MINING CO.

Reference (Deposit): OHLE, E.L., THE HANNA MINING CO.

Reference (Deposit): 1967 DIREXPL HANNA MINING COMPANY

Reference (Deposit): 1967 RECON J.S. VHAY

Reference (Deposit): 1970 GEOPHYS HANNA MINING COMPANY

Reference (Deposit): 1972 DIREXPL HANNA MINING COMPANY

Reference (Deposit): MITCHELL, V.E., 1982, MINES & PROSPECTS OF CHALLIS QUAD: Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): FISHER, F. S., AND K. M. JOHNSON (ED.), 1987, PRELIMINARY MANUSCRIPT FOR "MINERAL-RESOURCE POTENTIAL AND GEOLOGY OF THE CHALLIS 1 X 2 QUADRANGLE, IDAHO". U.S. Geological Survey OFR 87-480, 1987, 251 p.

Reference (Deposit): MODRESKI, P.J., 1985, STRATABOUND COBALT-COPPER DEPOSITS IN THE MIDDLE PROTEROZOIC YELLOWJACKET FORMATION IN AND NEAR THE CHALLIS QUADRANGLE, IN SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE CHALLIS 1X2 DEGREE QUADRANGLE, IDAHO: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1658 A-S, p. 203-221.

Reference (Deposit): COHENOUR, R.E., FOX, R.C., AND ROBISON, W.D, 1973, GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS OF THE IRON CREEK COPPER-COBALT DEPOSIT, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO, SACHEM PROSPECTS CORP., SALT LAKE CITY, UT: PRESENTATION AT THE 1973 PACIFIC NORTHWEST METALS AND MINERALS CONFERENCE, COEUR D'ALENE, ID, 15 p.

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