The Little Hill Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,300 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,300 Feet (2,225 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 44.4764, -113.28500
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Little Hill Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Hill Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Texas 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not 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: Lemhi Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): Mouth Of Texas Gulch 250 Ft Above Valley Floor, Location Approximate
Comment (Production): Several Hundred Tons
Comment (Development): Mine Thought In 1924 To Have Been Transported By Glacial Action
Comment (Deposit): Large Limestone Float, 150 Ft By 200 Ft By 150 Ft Resting On Glacial Debris Of Terminal Morain. Block Transported Between .5 And 1 Mile, Intact. This Theory Disputed By Ruppel, 1970.
References
Reference (Deposit): V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Dubois Quad, Location No. 187
Reference (Deposit): Walker, R. T., 1924, A Glacially Transported Mine: Eng. Mining Jour. Press, V. 118, P. 295-296
Reference (Production): Walker, R. T., 1924, Eng. Mining Jour. Press, V. 118, P. 295-296.
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