Quaker City Mine

The Quaker City Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Blaine county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,999 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

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Site Name

Primary: Quaker City Mine

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver

Location

State: Idaho
County: Blaine
District: Warm Springs Mining 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

Owner Name: Ms. Alice Moser

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1884
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: POCKETS, STRINGERS, IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyritization

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

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Melanterite

Comments

Comment (Location): NW ACROSS GULCH FROM THE PARKER MINE

Comment (Production): $50000 VALUE

Comment (Workings): NINE TUNNELS. ALL CAVED BUT TWO.

References

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, 73 P.

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, P. 1 - 245.

Reference (Deposit): 1930 GEOLMAP J.B. UMPLEBY AND OTHERS, BULL. 814

Reference (Deposit): 1949 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 90

Reference (Production): ANDERSON, A. L. AND OTHERS, 1950, ID. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., PAMPHLET 90.

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