The Hall - Interstate Mine is a zinc, silver, and lead mine located in Valley county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,699 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: 6,699 Feet (2,042 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 44.47, -115.58080
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Hall - Interstate Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hall - Interstate Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Idaho
County: Valley
District: Deadwood River 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: Boise National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Bunker Hill And Sullivan Mining And Concentrating Co.
Production
Year: 1946
Time Period: 1943-1946
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Ave. 0.02 Oz Au, 3.89 Oz Ag/Ton, 0.23 % Cu, 1.43 % Pb, 3.53 % Zn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1929
Discovery Year: 1884
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not 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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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: RANDOM SAMPLES AVG. 10% PB, 20 OZ AG/TON, $2.00 AU/TON (1929 PRICES
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): 1948 COMPILE IDAHO STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S ANN. REPT., 1947
Reference (Deposit): 1945 COMPILE IDAHO STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S ANN. REPT., 1944
Reference (Production): ITEM 8, MCDOWELL, G.A., 1948 , 49TH ANNUAL REPORT, P. 240 ; ITEMS 17 , 18 , CAMPBELL, A., 1945 , 46TH ANNUAL REPORT, P. 209
Reference (Deposit): BELL, R. N., 1929, BUNKER HILL IN THE DEADWOOD BASIN: MINING TRUTH, V. 14, NO. 13, P. 5 - 6.
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C. P., 1941, THE METAL AND COAL MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO, WITH NOTES ON THE NON-METALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 57, 263 P.
Reference (Deposit): CAMPBELL, S., 1931, BUNKER HILL AND SULLIVAN M. AND C. CO.: THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1930, P. 32-40.
Reference (Deposit): CAMPBELL, A., 1945 , FORTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1944 , P. 197 - 209.
Reference (Deposit): 5) MCDOWELL, G.A., 1948 , FORTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1947 , P. 229 - 240.
Reference (Deposit): 1931 COMPILE IDAHO STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S ANN. REPT., 1930
Reference (Deposit): 1941 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 57
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