The Mountain King Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 8,301 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: 8,301 Feet (2,530 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 44.6047, -115.02920
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Mountain King Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mountain King Mine
Secondary: Silver Streak
Secondary: Happy Day
Secondary: King
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Cadmium
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Sheep Mountain 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: Challis National Forest
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Earl And Fred Shirts; Larson
Owner Name: Lee Hopkins, Boise, Id.
Production
Year: 1892
Year: 1917
Year: 1939
Year: 1945
Year: 1946
Year: 1947
Year: 1948
Year: 1949
Year: 1951
Year: 1952
Year: 1953
Year: 1954
Year: 1965
Year: 1884
Year: 1965
Time Period: 1884-1965
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^10.1% Pb, 0.2% Cu, 11.9% Zn, 16.6 Oz Ag, 0.05 Oz Au/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1884
Discovery Year: 1880
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: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: CHIMNEY
Structure
Type: R
Description: Folds Near Batholith Contact Strike N 15 Deg W; Farther E. From Contact Folds Strike N 35 To 40 Deg W
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Silicification
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS SHOW 0.15 TO 28.0 OZ AG/TON, TRACE TO 0.2 OZ. AU/TON, TRACE TO 0.52% CU, TRACE TO 50.2% PB, TRACE TO 12.7% ZN.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): 1 Sample Had 0.07% Cd; Ag, Au In Galena
Comment (Location): 1.5 Mi W of Sheep Mountain; On N. Side of Ridge
Comment (Production): Total Production $323,100
Comment (Development): 86 Claims; Mill On Property
Comment (Deposit): Silver Streak Workings Are About 3600 Ft. N of the Mountain King and About 800 Ft Lower.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM, 1975, ACTIVITY OF IDAHO MINING PROPERTIES, 1974, USBM, BOISE, IDAHO, 61 P.
Reference (Deposit): MELEAR, J. D., 1953, THE PETROLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SEAFOAM MINING DISTRICT, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS, 36 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1953 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 96
Reference (Deposit): 1973 RECON CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, BULL. 1304
Reference (Deposit): 1975 COMPILE USBM, MINING ACTIVITY LIST, 1974
Reference (Production): ITEMS 1 - 3 , MELEAR, J.D., 1953 , UNIV. OF IDAHO, M.S. THESIS, P. 26; ITEMS 8 - 13 , CATER, F.W., AND OTHERS, 1973 , USGS BULL. 1304 , 431 P.
Reference (Deposit): CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1304, 431 P.
Reference (Deposit): TREVES, SAMUEL B., AND MELEAR, JOHN D., 1953, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SEAFOAM MINING DISTRICT, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 96, 19 P.
Reference (Deposit): BELL, R. N., 1919, TWENTY-FIRST ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1919, P. 68.
Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY, J. B., AND LIVINGSTON, D. C., 1920, IDAHO BUREAU OFMINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 3, P. 24-25.
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C. P., 1930, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 33, P. 5-6.
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