The Confidence Group is a gold mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 8,799 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,799 Feet (2,682 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.2581, -113.69170
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Confidence Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Confidence Group
Secondary: White Horse Mine
Secondary: Tin Day
Secondary: Searchlight
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Kirtley Creek 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: White Horse Co.
Owner Name: Tin Doy Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1899
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: LENSE, IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Silver
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): In Cirque At Head Of Canyon Of S. Fk. Kirtley Creek ; Info From Land.St :(1978)
Comment (Production): Most Of The Production Was In 1907 - 1915 And From The White Horse.
Comment (Development): Arrastra, 5 - Stamp Mill. Some Ore Amalgamated In 1915. 1905 - White Horse And Confidence Mines Merged ; Econ.Com: High Altitude
Comment (Deposit): 2 Fissure Veins. Ore In Stringers, Seams, Bunches
Comment (Geology): Original alteration entry: Local - Oxidation
Comment (Geology): Original ore control entry: Complex Fracture Zone
References
Reference (Deposit): Bell, Robert N., 1906, Seventh Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1905, P. 89
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.
Reference (Deposit): MacKenzie, Wayne O., 1949, Geology And Ore Deposits Of A Section Of The Beaverhead 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: USGS Bulletin 528, 82 P.
Reference (Production): Anderson, A. L., 1957, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 112, 71 P.
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