The Clara Morris Group Mine is a gold mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,600 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: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.5725, -113.92000
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Clara Morris Group Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Clara Morris Group Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Gibbonsville 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: Salmon National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1875
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: Beaverhead Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SHOOTS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Postmineral Faulting; Greatest Displacement Is 42 Ft. Bedding Strikes N 20 Deg W, Dips 60 Deg Ne.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S
Comment (Development): 14 PATENTED CLAIMS. PATENTED IN 1900. REDUCTION BY ARRASTRE AT FIRST, THEN BY STAMP MILL AND CYANIDE LATER.
Comment (Location): ON W. SLOPE OF MTN, NE OF GIBBONSVILLE, E SIDE OF ANDERSON CR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)
Comment (Production): PRODUCED ABOUT $225000 WORTH.
Comment (Workings): 27 VEINS - 2 OF WHICH HAVE PROVED VALUABLE.
References
Reference (Deposit): 1913 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY; BULL. 528
Reference (Deposit): 1939 RECON U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 7082
Reference (Production): UMPLEBY, J. B., 1913, USGS BULL. 528, P. 133
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 528
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