The Sixteen To One Group is a zinc mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,999 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: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc
Lat, Long: 44.5822, -115.00830
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Sixteen To One Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sixteen To One Group
Secondary: 16-to-1 Group
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Seafoam 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: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Everett Graves And Assoc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: 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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Gossan
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 11 SAMPLES ASSAYED TRACE-0.02 OZ AU/TON, TRACE-2.20 OZ AG/TON, 0 - 2.95 % PB, 0 - 3.45 % ZN
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Development): 3 PATENTED, 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; ECON.COM: SPARSE MINERALIZATION IRREGULARLY DISTRIBUTED; FURTHER WORK UNWARRANTED
Comment (Deposit): 2 VEINS
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHORT ADITS + BULLDOZER TRENCHES.
Comment (Geology): LIMESTONE BLOCKS ENGULFED BY BATHOLITH
Comment (Location): S. SLOPE SHEEP MTN.
References
Reference (Deposit): TREVES, SAMUEL B. AND JOHN D. MELEAR, 1953, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SEAFOAM MINING DISTRICT, CUSTER COUNTY IDAHO. IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, PAMPHLET NO. 96
Reference (Deposit): ROSE, CLYDE P., 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SEAFOAM, ALDER CREEK, LITTLE SMOKY, AND WILLOW CREEK MINING DISTRICTS, CUSTER AND CAMAS COUNTIES, IDAHO. IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, PAMPHLET NO. 33.
Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY, J. B. AND D.C. LIVINGSTON, 1920, A RECONNAISSANCE IN SOUTH CENTRAL IDAHO, EMBRACING THE THUNDER MOUNTAIN, BIG CREEK, STANLEY BASIN, SHEEP MOUNTAIN, AND SEAFOAM DISTRICTS. IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN NO. 3
Reference (Deposit): ASHER, R. R., 1964, SIXTEEN TO ONE GROUP: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPT
Reference (Deposit): 1964 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPNE-FILE REPORT MLA 89-83, 1983, MAP NO. 4, APPENDIX.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 64-85, 1985, TABLE 2, NO. 81, P. 74.
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