The Hermit Mine is a silver mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 10,000 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: 10,000 Feet (3,048 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 44.1511, -114.58690
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Hermit Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hermit Mine
Secondary: Native Silver
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Boulder Creek 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: Challis National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1885
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: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR
Form: LINEAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Idaho Batholith
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Gouge, Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CHIP SAMPLES AVERAGED: 1.15 OZ AG/TON, 0.36% PB, 0.70% ZN
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Comments
Comment (Location): Located In the Headwall of Cirque 3/4 Mi North of the Livingston Mine.
Comment (Workings): 2 Adits, 2 Winzes
References
Reference (Deposit): Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, Mineral Resources Of The Eastern Part Of The Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Custer And Blaine Counties, Idaho: USGS Open-File Rept., 648 P.
Reference (Deposit): Choate, Raoul, 1937, USGS Bulletin 877 P. 153-154
Reference (Production): Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, USGS Open-File Rept.
Reference (Deposit): Kern, Richard, R., 1972, Geology And Economic Deposits Of Slate Creek Area, Custer Co., Idaho: Pocatello, Idaho, Idaho State Ms Thesis, P. 46-49.
Reference (Deposit): Kiilsgaard, Thor, 1949, IBMG Pamphlet 88, P. 24-25
Reference (Deposit): Vannoy & Others, 1986, USGS Bulletin1545e, P. 360, Pl. 3, No. 87
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