The Germania and Arctic Group Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 10,000 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: 10,000 Feet (3,048 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 43.9947, -114.65610
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Germania and Arctic Group Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Germania and Arctic Group Mine
Secondary: Idaho Germania
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Germania 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: Sawtooth National Forest
Holdings
Type: Unknown
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
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: Sawtooth Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLES OF QUARTZ AVERAGED: 0.06 OZ AU/TON, 8.2 OZ AG PER TON, 6.14% PB
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Comments
Comment (Production): No Record of Production Exists, But Some Pb - Ag Ore Was Probably Produced
Comment (Development): 2 Claims Patented In 1894
Comment (Location): Three Cabins Creek
Comment (Workings): 2 Adits On Arctic Lode and 3 Adits and 1 Inclined Shaft On Germania Lode; All Caved and Inaccessible.
References
Reference (Deposit): Vannoy And Others, 1986, USGS Bulletin 1545e, P. 303, Pl. 3, No. 150
Reference (Deposit): V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Hailey Quad No. 523
Reference (Production): Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, USGS Open - File Report.
Reference (Deposit): Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, Mineral Resources Of The Eastern Part Of The Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Custer And Blaine Counties, Idaho: USGS Open - File Rept., 648 P
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