The Wolftone Mine is a copper, lead, and silver mine located in Blaine county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,500 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,500 Feet (2,286 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 43.4942, -114.47500
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Wolftone Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wolftone Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Eclipse Mining Co.
Owner Name: W. T. Riley
Production
Year: 1898
Time Period: 1883-1898
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Au, Cu, 100 Oz Ag/Ton, 50% Pb
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1883
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: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): 5 CLAIMS,
Comment (Deposit): LARGE SYSTEM OF CROSS VEINS
Comment (Workings): MAJOR TUNNEL IS SWEED TUNNEL, NEARLY 2000 FT. LONG.
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): BELL, R. N., 1907, EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1906.
Reference (Deposit): 1907 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S ANN. REPT., 1906
Reference (Deposit): 1930 GEOLMAP J. B. UMPLEBY AND OTHERS, BULL. 814
Reference (Production): UMPLEBY, J. B., AND OTHERS, 1930, USGS BULL. 814
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