The Lone Pine Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Idaho county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,599 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,599 Feet (1,097 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 45.8144, -115.68780
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Lone Pine Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lone Pine Mine
Secondary: Harmon-Morrow
Secondary: Lone Yellow Pine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Idaho
District: Tenmile 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: Nez Perce National Forest
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Morse Mining Co.
Owner Name: S. O. Muller
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Year First Production: 1916
Discovery Year: 1907
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Clearwater Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: L
Structure: Faults
Type: L
Structure: Brecciation
Description: Brecciation; Nw - Trending Cross Faults Which Dip About 70 Deg Sw
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Gouge
Alteration Text: Gouge
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: VEINS MILLED $10 TO $55/TON. SULPHIDES GENERALLY MADE UP LESS THAN 4% OF THE ORE.
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): N SIDE S FK CLEARWATER RIVER
Comment (Production): $240000 VALUE FROM ITEM 11; PRODUCTION FOR ITEM 10 FROM 1916 - 1919 AND 1928 - 1931 . PRODUCTION YEARS 1916 - 1919 , 1928 - 1931.
Comment (Development): 4 PATENTED, 12 UNPATENTED CLAIMS; 2 - STAMP MILL WITH AMALGAMATORS; 35 - TON MILL
Comment (Deposit): 3 VEINS IN MULLER SYSTEM, 1 VEIN KNOWN AS HUSTON
Comment (Geology): QUARTZITE STRIKES N 75 DEG W, DIPS 40 DEG SW (AVERAGE ATTITUDE)
References
Reference (Deposit): Shenon, P. J., And Reed, J. C., 1934, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Elk City, Orogrande, Buffalo Hump, And Tenmile Districts, Idaho County, Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey Circ. 9, 89 P.
Reference (Deposit): Lorain, S. H., 1938, Gold Mining And Milling In Idaho County: USBM Inf. Circ. 7039, 90 P.
Reference (Deposit): Griner, W. C., 1975, Seventy - First Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1973 - 1974, 98 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1934 Recon P. J. Shenon, J. C. Reed, Circ. 9
Reference (Deposit): 1938 Recon USBM Inf. Circ. 7039
Reference (Deposit): 1975 Compile State Mine Inspector'S Annual Rept.
Reference (Production): Items 8-10, Shenon, P. J., And Reed, J. C., 1934, USGS Circ. 9; Item 11, Lorain, S. H., 1938, USBM Inf. Circ. 7039
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 7-91, 1991, Plate 1, No. 27 and 29.
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