The Lost Eagle Claim is a lead and silver mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 8,799 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,799 Feet (2,682 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 44.5775, -114.89610
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Lost Eagle Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lost Eagle Claim
Secondary: Waneta
Secondary: Sunrise
Secondary: Metcalf
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Loon 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: Challis National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Gar Mines And Metals Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Surface-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: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BANDS, INTERSTITIAL AREAS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: FROM GALENA: 10 OZ AG/UNIT PB.
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Siderite
Comments
Comment (Location): On Divide Between Canyon and Deer Creek Cirques ; Lost Eagle Is Near and To the W of Sunrise Mine
Comment (Development): Waneta Also Includes Sunrise, Metcalf Claims, See Form 113
Comment (Workings): 1911 - Shaft, Tunnel, Drift
References
Reference (Deposit): Umpleby, J. B., 1913, A Preliminary Account Of The Ore Deposits Of The Loon Creek District, Idaho: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 530, P. 66 - 74.
Reference (Deposit): Green, W. R., 1968, Waneta: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open - File Rept.
Reference (Deposit): Ross, C. P., 1934 , Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Casto Quadrangle, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 854 , 135 P.
Reference (Deposit): Yinger, M. A., 1976 , Geology Of The Eastern Part Of The Loon Creek Mining District, Custer County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M.S. Thesis, P. 94 .
Reference (Deposit): 1913 Geolmap Umpleby, J. B., Bulletin 530
Reference (Deposit): 1968 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open - File Rept.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 64-85, 1985, Table 2, No. 69, P. 72.
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