The June Day Mine is a gold mine located in Blaine county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,100 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,100 Feet (2,164 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 43.6833, -114.30500
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June Day Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: June Day Mine
Secondary: Noon Day Mine
Secondary: Starlight Tunnel
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: SEAMS
Structure
Type: L
Description: June Day Fault Strikes N 59 Deg W And Dips 65 Deg Ne.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: QUARTZITIC WALL ROCK ASSAYED $6 AU/TON
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR MOUTH OF PARKER GULCH
Comment (Production): ITEM 8 PRODUCED FROM 1940-1945 AND IN 1947; ITEMS 9 AND 10 PRODUCED FROM 1911-1913 AND IN 1915
Comment (Development): JUNE DAY AND GEM CLAIMS AND HALF INTEREST IN PATENTED NOONDAY CLAIM
Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS AND SEVERAL THOUSAND FT. OF TUNNELS ON SIX LEVELS
Comment (Geology): THE WOOD RIVER FORMATION HAS BEEN METAMORPHOSED IN PLACES TO A TACTITE WITH SOME QUARTZITE
References
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A. L., AND OTHERS, 1950, DETAILED GEOLOGY OF CERTAIN AREAS IN THE MINERAL HILL AND WARM SPRINGS MINING DISTRICT: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 90, P. 54
Reference (Deposit): 1949 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 9
Reference (Production): ANDERSON, A. L., AND OTHERS, 1950: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 90
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