The Ringbone Cayuse Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,601 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: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 45.1606, -114.15750
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Ringbone Cayuse Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ringbone Cayuse Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Mackinaw 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1902
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Opal
Comments
Comment (Production): Production Intermittent Between 1902 - 1952
References
Reference (Deposit): Shockey, P. N., 1957, Reconnaissance Geology Of The Leesburg Quadrangle, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 113, 42 P
Reference (Production): Shockey, P. N., 1957, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 113, P. 31.
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