The Blue Mine is a gold mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,501 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: 3,501 Feet (1,067 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.29472, -114.58972
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Blue Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: REE
Tertiary: Zirconium
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Clear Creek - Upper Big Deer Creek Area
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: Salmon National Forest
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Surface
Discovery Year: 1939
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: GOLD VALUES BASED ON $100/TOZ
Analytical Data: RECONNAISSANCE PAN SAMPLES CONTAINED VALUES FROM $0.08 - $1.12/CY AU
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Location): On S Bank Of Salmon R., Short Distance Upstream From Mouth Of Middle Fork
Comment (Production): Mining Operations Have Taken Place
Comment (Development): Work Consisted Of Reconnaissance Geologic Mapping & Geochemical Sampling ; Econ.Com: Most Of Beach Covered By Coarse Talus With A Shallow Depth To Water
Comment (Commodity): Claim Located In 1939 By Harry E Jones. Shallow Depth To Water Probably Prevented Mining Of All But The Top Few Feet Of Gravel. Reconnaissance Pan Samples From The Top Few Inches Of The Beach Material Contained Gold Values Ranging From $0.08 To $1.12 Yd3. About 1000 Yd3 Of Auriferous Gravel Probably Remain At The Site.
References
Reference (Deposit): Elk City Quad, IBMG Mines And Prospect Map Series, V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al.
Reference (Deposit): Cater, F. W., Pinckney, D. M., And Stotelmeyer, R. B., 1975, Mineral Resources Of The Clear Creek-Upper Big Deer Creek Area, Contiguous To The Idaho Primitive Area, Lemhi County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1391-C, P 3
Reference (Production): Cater, F. W., Pinkney, D. M., And Stotelmeyer, R. B., 1975, USGS Bulletin 1391-C
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