The Eldorado Mine is a gold mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 8,199 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: 8,199 Feet (2,499 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.24139, -113.67500
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Eldorado Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Eldorado Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Eldorado District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1905
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: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Location): AT HEAD OF GEERTSON CREEK
Comment (Development): PATENTED CLAIM. ACTIVE IN EARLY 1880'S.
Comment (Deposit): ORE SIMILAR TO RANGER MINE. SPARSE SULFIDES AND PATCHES OF OXIDES ON WHITE QUARTZ.
References
Reference (Deposit): MACKENZIE, W. O., 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF A SECTION OF THE BEAVER HEAD RANGE, EAST OF SALMON, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M.S. THESIS, 52 P.
Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY, J. B., 1913, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 528, 82 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1913 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY; BULL. 528
Reference (Deposit): 1949 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 112
Reference (Production): ANDERSON, A. L., 1957, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 112, 71 P.
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A. L., 1957, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BAKER QUADRANGLE, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 112, 71 P.
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