Carbonate Mine

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

Name: Carbonate Mine  

State:  Idaho

County:  Custer

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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