The Deer Trail Mine is a zinc mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 9,199 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,199 Feet (2,804 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc
Lat, Long: 44.0489, -114.65470
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Deer Trail Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Deer Trail Mine
Secondary: Deertrail Mine
Secondary: Blackman Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Obsidian 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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Elmer Enderlin
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1978
Owner Name: Frances Comer
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1978
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1954
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: White Cloud Peaks
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Form: LENSES, PODS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: SLIGHT CARBONATE SILIC
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: RESOURCES OF WESTERN ZONE AVERAGE 3.66% ZN, 0.17% PB, 0.26 OZ AG/TON AND TRACE GOLD. RESOURCES OF EASTERN ZONE 3.84% ZN, 1.62% PB, 0.6 OZ AG/TON, AND TRACE GOLD
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Comments
Comment (Location): Near Headwaters of Fourth of July Creek, SW. of Blackman Peak. Land Status Value Calculated 7-94 Using GIS Overlay Analysis With USFS Land Ownership Boundaries, 1:126,720 Scale.
Comment (Production): 1957 Production Also Included 600 Lb Cu, 2000 Lb Pb, and 2700 Lb Zn
Comment (Deposit): 2 Tactite Zones, Western and Eastern.
References
Reference (Deposit): Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, Mineral Resources Of The Eastern Part Of The Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Custer And Blaine Counties, Idaho: USGS Open - File Rept., 648 P
Reference (Deposit): 1955 Direxpl Dmea, Tschanz, USGS Open - File Rept.
Reference (Deposit): Ross, C. P. Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Bayhorse Region, Custer County, Idaho. U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 877, 1937, Pp. 111, 156, & 161.
Reference (Deposit): Vannoy & Others, 1986, USGS Bull.1545e, P.317, Pl.3, No.109
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