Ida Elmore Mine

The Ida Elmore Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Owyhee county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,480 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

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Site Name

Primary: Ida Elmore Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold

Location

State: Idaho
County: Owyhee
District: French District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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
Year First Production: 1866
Discovery Year: 1865
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Physiographic Detail: Owyhee Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Description: Cemented Breccia

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: AT DEPTH OF 220 FT., AU:AG RATIO WAS 1: 7.3 BY WEIGHT

Materials

Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Feldspar
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Production): $341,000 MINED IN 1869; $22,000 MINED IN 1872; TOTAL PRODUCTION OF $1,500,000.

Comment (Development): MINE CLOSED IN 1875 ; ECON.COM: ORE IN 1870 AVERAGED $101.5 A TON

Comment (Commodity): BELOW THE 300 FT. DEPTH, ORE AVERAGED $20 TO $30/TON.

Comment (Deposit): ORE BODIES MAY RAKE TO THE S

References

Reference (Deposit): 1926 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 11

Reference (Deposit): 1968 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 138

Reference (Production): LINDGREN, W., 1898 , USGS 20TH ANN. REPT., PT. 3 . RAYMOND, R. W., 1870 - 1874 , 41ST, 42ND, 43RD CONGRESSES, HOUSE OF REP. EX. DOCS.

Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., 1898, THE GOLD AND SILVER VEINS OF SILVER CITY, DELAMAR AND OTHER MINING DISTRICTS IN IDAHO: 20TH ANN. REPORT, U.S.G.S., P. 75-205 (PART 3).

Reference (Deposit): ASHER, R. R., 1968, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF A PORTION OF THE SILVER CITY REGION, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 138, 106 P.

Reference (Deposit): PIPER, A. M., AND LANEY, F. B., 1926, GEOLOGY AND METALLIFEROUS RESOURCES OF THE REGION ABOUT SILVER CITY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 11, 165 P.

Reference (Deposit): RAYMOND, R. W., 1870, STATISTICS OF MINES AND MINING IN THE STATES AND TERR. WEST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, 41ST, CONGRESS, 2ND, SESSION, HOUSE OF REP. EX. DOC. #207 P. 805

Reference (Deposit): 1898 COMPILE W LINDGREN 20TH ANN REPORT

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