The Minnie Moore Mine is a lead, silver, and copper mine located in Blaine county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,299 Feet (1,615 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 43.4675, -114.28920
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Minnie Moore Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Minnie Moore Mine
Secondary: Hailey-Bellevue Mineral Belt
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Blaine
District: Mineral Hill Mining District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Walker, R. T., And Walker, W. J.
Owner Name: Silver Star-Queens Mines Co.
Production
Year: 1926
Time Period: 1881 - 1926
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^11 % Pb, 20 Toz Ag/T
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1884
Discovery Year: 1880
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Sawtooth Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Minnie Fault Zone, Relief Faults Rockwell Flat Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): TOTAL MONETARY VALUE WAS $7,316,600 UP TO 1926. ANDERSON STATES PRODUCTION SINCE THEN HAS INCREASED THE VALUE TO APPROXIMATELY $9,000,000. PRODUCTION YEARS 1881 , 1884 - 1886 , 1902 - 1926.
Comment (Development): L70-THIS COMPANY WAS REHABILITATING THE ROCKWELL SHAFT TO ENTER THE OLDQUEEN AND HILLS MINES ADJACENT TO THE MINNIE MOORE
Comment (Workings): THE VEIN CONTINUED UNCHANGED TO THE MINNIE FAULT AT THE 1400 LEVEL AND WAS LOST. THE CONTINUATION OF THE FAULTED VEIN COULD BE EXONOMICALLY IMPORTANT. EXACT LENGTH OF WORKINGS COULD NOT BE FOUND
Comment (Geology): WOOD RIVER FM., BASAL CONGLOMERATE, CALC-QUARTZITE.
References
Reference (Production): USGS BULL. 814
Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY, J. B., WESTGATE, L. G., AND ROSS, C. P., GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WOODRIVER REGION, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 814, 1930
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A. L., KIILSGAORD, T. H., FRYKLUND, V. C., JR., 1950, DETAILED GEOLOGY OF CERTAIN AREAS IN THE MINERAL HILL AND WARMSPRINGS MINING DISTRICTS, BLAINE COUNTY, IDAHO: ID. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 90
Reference (Deposit): 1930 RECON HEWETT, D.C.
Reference (Deposit): 1932 DIREXPL FED. MINING & SMELTING CO. NEG
Reference (Deposit): 1936 DIREXPL MINNIE MOORE MINES DEV. CO. NEG
Reference (Deposit): 1949 OTHER SILVER STAR-QUEENS MINES CO.
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