The Relief Claim is a mine located in Blaine county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,600 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: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 43.4647, -114.29310
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Relief Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Relief Claim
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Blaine
District: Mineral Hill District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Idaho Consolidated Mines Devel. Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Sawtooth Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE AT 500 LEVEL AVE $8-9/TON IN AU, AG, PB, ZN
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): 40000 TONS RUN 2.2% PB, 6 OZ AG/TON, 11.5% ZN; 100000 TONS RUN 2.0% PB, 6 OZ AG/TON, .03 OZ AU/TON, MINOR ZN.
Comment (Location): ADJOINS MINNIE MOORE TO NW
Comment (Development): HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT, NEW MILLING PLANT WITH CAPACITY OF 250 TONS DAILY CONSTRUCTED IN 1908
Comment (Deposit): 2 VEINS, 1 AT 600 FT. LEVEL IS SAME VEIN AS IN MINNIE MOORE MINE, OTHER VEIN IN CONTACT WITH DIORITE AT 500 FT. LEVEL
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT
References
Reference (Deposit): BELL, R. N., 1907, EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1906.
Reference (Deposit): BELL, R. N., 1908, NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1907.
Reference (Deposit): 1907 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S ANN. REPT., 1906
Reference (Deposit): 1908 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S ANN. REPT., 1907
Idaho Gold
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