The Baltimore Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Blaine county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,260 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: 7,260 Feet (2,213 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 43.6764, -114.27720
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Baltimore Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Baltimore Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Blaine
District: Warm Springs 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: Sawtooth National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Baltimore Silver - Lead Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Pioneer Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR: BUNCHES, LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Striking N 10 Deg E And Dipping 45 - 60 Deg. Nw
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Polybasite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON RIDGE BETWEEN INDEPENDENCE GULCH AND S FORK OF KEYSTONE GULCH. 1500 FT. N. OF THE INDEPENDENCE
Comment (Production): 3 CARLOADS OF ORE PRODUCED AND SHIPPED IN 1896 RAN 14% ZN, 10% PB, AND 12 OZ/TON AG.
Comment (Development): 4 PATENTED AND 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Workings): 5 TUNNELS; 3 CAVED.
Comment (Geology): MILLIGEN FORMATION STRIKES N 40 - 75 DEG W AND DIP SW.
References
Reference (Deposit): JONES, R.W., 1959, PARKER GROUP, BALTIMORE: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT.
Reference (Deposit): 1930 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY, J. B., BULL. 814
Reference (Deposit): 1949 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 90
Reference (Deposit): 1959 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, OPEN - FILE REPT.
Reference (Production): ANDERSON, A. L., AND OTHERS, 1950, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 90, P. 53.
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A. L., AND OTHERS, 1950, DETAILED GEOLOGY OF CERTAIN AREAS IN THE MINERAL HILL AND WARM SPRINGS MINING DISTRICTS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 90, P. 52.
Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY, J. B., AND OTHERS, 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WOOD RIVER REGION, IDAHO, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE MINNIE MOORE AND NEAR-BY MINES: USGS BULL. 814, 245 P.
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