The Roland and Taylor Group Mine is a gold mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,800 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.5717, -113.92830
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Roland and Taylor Group Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Roland and Taylor Group Mine
Secondary: Dike
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Tungsten
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
Owner Name: George R. Hughes
Years: 1918 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: $3.50/TON AU CLAIMED IN 1913
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): On W Side Of Anderson Cr ; Info From Land.St :(1978)
Comment (Development): 2 Crosscut Tunnels: 1 Caved Near Mouth, The Other 400 Ft Long. 4 Claims
Comment (Geology): Diorite Is Hanging Wall, Schist Is Footwall.
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Ic 7082, 1939, Fig. 5.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 25-93, 1993, P. 62.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 528, 1913, P. 134.
Reference (Deposit): Livingston, D. C., 1919, Tungsten, Cinnabar, Manganese, Molybdenum, And Tin Deposits Of Idaho: Univ. Of Idaho, School Of Mines Bulletin 2, V. 14, 72 P., P. 29-30.
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