The Turtle Mine is a silver mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,801 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: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 44.37, -114.30750
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Turtle Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Turtle Mine
Secondary: No Name Mine
Secondary: Turtley
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Bayhorse District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Bolton, William B.
Owner Name: Bolton, William B. And Donner, Roy
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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 BUNCHES, LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: RANDOM SAMPLES ASSAYED $10 - 60 AG, $86 PB
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): Several Old Tunnels, Bulldozer Cuts
Comment (Production): Some Production Prior To 1919
References
Reference (Deposit): Ross, C. P., 1937, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Bayhorse Region, Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bull. 877, 161 P.
Reference (Deposit): Staley, W. W., 1962, No Name Mine: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open - File Rept.
Reference (Deposit): Campbell, A., 1947, Forty - Eighth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1946
Reference (Deposit): 1937 Geolmap Ross, C. P., Bull. 877
Reference (Deposit): 1947 Compile 48th Ann. Idaho State Mine Inspector'S Rept., 1946
Reference (Deposit): 1962 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open - File Rept.
Reference (Production): Items 8 - 12, Ross, C. P., 1937, USGS Bull. 877, 161 P.; Item 1, Campbell, A., 1947, 48th Annual Report, P. 240.
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