Hall - Interstate Mine

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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Mine Info

Name: Hall - Interstate Mine  

State:  Idaho

County:  Valley

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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