The Demming Mine is a antimony, gold, and silver mine located in Owyhee county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,240 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: 5,240 Feet (1,597 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 42.87167, -116.70500
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Demming Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Demming Mine
Secondary: Boulder Creek Mine
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Owyhee
District: Steele District
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Demming Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Physiographic Detail: Owyhee Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES, VEINLETS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): W. SIDE OF BOULDER CREEK
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION ABOUT $10,000. 7 CARLOADS SHIPPED IN 1918
Comment (Development): 36 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ( 1923 )
Comment (Workings): 4 ADITS, A VERTICAL SHAFT
References
Reference (Deposit): WALKER, W.P., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF A PART OF THE OWYHEE MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF SILVER CITY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, UNIV. OF IDAHO, MS THESIS, 59 P.
Reference (Deposit): CAMPBELL, S., 1923 , 25TH ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1923.
Reference (Production): SALMAN, D.S.A., 1972, MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS, 65 P. CAMPBELL, S., 1923 , 25TH ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1923.
Reference (Deposit): BELL, R. N., 1920 , REOPENING OF OLD DELAMAR MINE UNDERWAY: ENG. MINING JOUR., V. 110 , NO. 11 , P. 538 - 539.
Reference (Deposit): SALMAN, D.S.A., 1972, GEOLOGY OF TRIANGLE QUADRANGLE AREA, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS, 65 P.
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