The Imperial Group Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Blaine county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,601 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: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 43.5886, -114.40640
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Imperial Group Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Imperial Group Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Blaine
District: Mineral Hill 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: Hailey Bonanza Mining Co.
Production
Year: 1919
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^48.2 % Pb, .4 % Cu, 4. % Zn, 3. % Fe, .075 Oz/Ton Au, 56.6 Oz/Ton Ag
Year: 1920
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^38.65 % Pb, .3 % Cu, 7.7 % Zn, 3.3 % Fe, .013 Oz/Tonau, 47 Oz/Ton Ag
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Form: STRINGERS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHORT TUNNELS FOLLOW OTHER LODES WITH AN AVERAGE STRIKE OF N 25 DEG W AND DIP STEEPLY WEST.
References
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. 81
Reference (Production): UMPLEBY, J.B., AND OTHERS, 1930, USGS BULL. 814.
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