The Carbonate Mine is a silver mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,999 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: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 44.1881, -114.56970
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Carbonate Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Carbonate Mine
Secondary: Cal-Ida
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Unorganized District; Slate Creek 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: Challis National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Fletcher Fisher
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1886
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
Structure
Type: R
Description: Idaho Batholith
Type: L
Description: Slickensides
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Brecciation, Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 2.7% PB
Analytical Data: 1.4% ZN
Analytical Data: 0.03 OZ AU/TON
Analytical Data: 0.15% CU
Analytical Data: SOME ANTIMONY
Analytical Data: 14 SAMPLES AVERAGED 1.6 OZ AG/TON
Materials
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Jamesonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): THERE ARE TWO MINES; THE UPPER CARBONATE MINE AND THE LOWER CARBONATE MINE. THERE IS NO MINING CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO ; ECON.COM: VERY LITTLE GANGUE MATERIAL ASSOC. WITH ORE MINERALS
Comment (Workings): THREE OF THE FOUR ADITS IN THE UPPER CARBONATE MINE ARE CAVED; TOTAL OF 7 ADITS
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON UPPER CARBONATE CREEK LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.
References
Reference (Deposit): KERN, RICHARD R., 1972, THE GEOLOGY AND ECONOMIC DEPOSITS OF SLATE CREEK AREA, CUSTER COUNTY, IDAHO: POCATELLO, IDAHO, IDAHO STATE UNIV. MS THESIS, P. 62 - 68.
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): 1974 RECON TSCHANZ, C. M., AND OTHERS, OPEN-FILE REPT
Reference (Deposit): VANNOY & OTHERS, 1986, USGS BULL.1545E, P.269, PL.3, NO.82
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