The Mastodon Mine is a mine located in Shoshone county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,377 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: 4,377 Feet (1,334 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 47.3425, -115.96940
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Mastodon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mastodon Mine
Secondary: Rochester Group
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Shoshone
District: Avery 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: St. Joe National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Bitterroot Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR BUNCHES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Complex Folding And Faulting (Nw - Se)
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGED 0.3 OZ AG/1 % PB
Materials
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): HEAD OF WEST FORK SLATE CREEK
References
Reference (Deposit): WAGNER, W. R., 1949 , THE GEOLOGY OF PART OF THE SOUTH SLOPE OF THE ST. JOE MTNS.: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 82 , 48 P.
Reference (Deposit): COLLIER, A. J., 1906 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ST. JOE RIVER BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 285 , P. 129 - 139
Reference (Deposit): PARDEE, J. T., 1911 , GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE UPPER ST. JOE RIVER BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 470 , P. 39 - 61
Reference (Deposit): 1906 OTHER A. J. COLLIER, BULL. 285
Reference (Deposit): 1911 GEOLMAP J. T. PARDEE, BULL. 470
Reference (Deposit): 1949 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 82
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