The Franklin Mine is a gold mine located in Elmore county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,501 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: 4,501 Feet (1,372 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 43.4631, -115.31830
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Franklin Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Franklin Mine
Secondary: Objective
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Elmore
District: Pine 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: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: R. P. Chattin
Years: 1909 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral 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: Sawtooth Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES, STRINGERS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation; Mn, Fe Stains
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS GIVE 0.00 - 0.84 OZ AU/TON, 0.2 - 3.6 OZ AG/TON, 0.0 - 0.6% PB, 0.0 - 0.4% ZN.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): ITEM 2 ESTIMATED VALUE ABOUT $400000.
Comment (Production): $750,000 TOTAL PRODUCTION BY 1925.
Comment (Development): 2 PATENTED QUARTZ CLAIMS, 10 - STAMP MILL ; ECON.COM: MILL DESTROYED BY FIRE IN 1908.
Comment (Deposit): THE DIKES STRIKE NE AND ARE CUT BY THE MINERALIZED FISSURES.
References
Reference (Deposit): BALLARD, S. M., 1928, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ROCKY BAR QUADRANGLE: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAM. 26, P. 18.
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, F.C., 1910, ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1909.
Reference (Deposit): 1928 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAM. 2
Reference (Production): BALLARD, S. M., 1928, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAM. 26, P. 18
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