The Muldoon Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Blaine county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,598 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: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 43.6033, -113.88720
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Muldoon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Muldoon Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Blaine
District: Little Wood River 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
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1881
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: Pioneer Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AT SURFACE ORE REPORTED TO CONTAIN 70% PB
Analytical Data: ORE ON LEVEL 5 CONTAINED 50-60% PB, 45 OZ AG/TON
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Feldspar
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): 5 LEVELS WITH SEVERAL THOUSAND FT OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT TRENDS N 8-45 DEG W AND DIPS 23-40 DEG NE
Comment (Location): ON W SIDE OF CANYON OF MULDOON CREEK LESS THAN 3 MI ABOVE CANYON'S MOUTH AT ALTITUDE 6800-8000 FT
Comment (Production): $200,000 PRODUCTION FOR ITEM 8, ITEM 9 IN LATER YEARS; ITEM 17 WAS SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS; ITEM 8 GRADE FROM UMPLEBY (1917)
References
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A. L., AND WAGNER, W. R., 1946, A GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE IN THE LITTLE WOOD RIVER (MULDOON) DISTRICT, BLAINE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 75, 22 P.
Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY, J. B., 1917, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MACKAY REGION, IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 97, 129 P.
Reference (Deposit): NELSON, W. H., AND ROSS, C. P., 1968, GEOLOGY OF PART OF THE ALDER CREEK MINING DISTRICT, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1252-A, 30 P.
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, F. C., 1910, ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1909.
Reference (Deposit): 1946 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 75
Reference (Deposit): 1968 GEOLMAP NELSON, W. H. AND ROSS, C. P., BULL. 1252-A
Reference (Production): ANDERSON, A. L., AND WAGNER, W. R., 1946, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 75
Reference (Deposit): 1910 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1909
Reference (Deposit): 1917 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY, J. B., PROF. PAPER 97
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