The Blackstone Mine is a lead mine located in Bear Lake county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,348 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,348 Feet (1,935 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 42.1092, -111.44580
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Blackstone Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blackstone Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Bear Lake
District: St. Charles 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: Cache National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Blackstone Mining And Power Co.
Home Office: Idaho
Years: 1927 -
Owner Name: W. M. Rant
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1896
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Vertical Fissure Trending N 60 Deg W
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Fe - Stains
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE SAMPLE GAVE 27 % PB, $0.50 AU / TON, 4 OZ AG / TON
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Wulfenite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Siderite
Comments
Comment (Development): Concentrating Plant Built By Mr. Rant Was Burned, Putting An End To Shipments After One Year
Comment (Workings): Drifts, Tunnels
Comment (Production): 3 Carloads Of 80% Pb Ore Were Produced In 1896. Item 17 Totaled 16 Carloads. This Ore Reported To Have Been Some Of The Richest Ore Ever Sent In Idaho.
References
Reference (Deposit): Mansfield, G. R., 1927 , Geography, Geology, And Mineral Resources Of Part Of Southeastern Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 152 , P. 342 - 34
Reference (Deposit): 1927 Recon G. R. Mansfield, Prof. Paper 15
Reference (Production): Mansfield, G. R., 1927 : USGS Prof. Paper 152 , P. 343
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