Haynes-Stellite Mine

The Haynes-Stellite Mine is a copper and cobalt mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,250 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: Haynes-Stellite Mine  

State:  Idaho

County:  Lemhi

Elevation: 6,250 Feet (1,905 Meters)

Commodity: Copper, Cobalt

Lat, Long: 45.1123, -114.31534

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Haynes-Stellite Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Haynes-Stellite Mine
Secondary: Cobalt Mine
Secondary: Mona Group
Secondary: Belielle
Secondary: Beliel Group


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Cobalt
Tertiary: Nickel
Tertiary: Uranium


Location

State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Blackbird


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: Salmon National Forest


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Haynes-Stellite Co. (later absorbed by Union Carbide Co.)
Info Year: 1947
Years: 1915 -

Owner Name: M. Belielle
Info Year: 1947
Years: 1900 - 1915

Owner Name: Hanna Mining Co.


Production

Year: 1921
Time Period: 1917-1921
Material type: CON
Description: Cp_Grade: ^17.74% Co


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1917
Discovery Year: 1900
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Salmon River Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Blackbird Co-Cu


Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR VEINLETS, MASSES


Structure

Type: L
Description: Haynes-Stellite Structural Block


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Silicification

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Tourmalinization
Alteration Text: Silicification, Tourmalinization


Rocks

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mesoproterozoic
Age Old: Mesoproterozoic

Name: Phyllite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mesoproterozoic
Age Old: Mesoproterozoic

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mesoproterozoic

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mesoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: Umpleby (1913, p. 165) describes one 20 foot sample ran a fraction less than 2% cobalt, and a second ran 2% nickel and less than 1% cobalt.
Analytical Data: 1.0% Co
Analytical Data: LOW-GRADE RADIOACTIVE ROCK RANGING FROM 0.013 - 0.018% EQUIVALENT URANIUM FOUND


Materials

Ore: Cobaltite
Ore: Annabergite
Ore: Smaltite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Tourmaline


Comments

Comment (Location): N. SIDE BLACKBIRD CREEK, 4 MI. UP FROM ITS MOUTH

Comment (Development): HAYNES-STELLITE NOW INCLUDED IN BLACKBIRD MINE, SEE NO. 363. ; ECON.COM: CO EXTRACTION PROBLEMS

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 3 MAIN ADITS AND 2 MINOR ADITS, 10 STAMP MILL, AERIAL TRAMWAY

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: FINE-GRAINED COBALTITE AND MINOR AMOUNTS OF PYRITE IN INTENSELY TOURMALINIZED AND SILICIFIED FAULT BRECCIA, LIMITED ON STRIKE AND DIP.

Comment (Production): Reed and Herdlick (1947, p.6) "Last worked in 198, the property has produced about 45% of the district's total cobalt output."

Comment (Geology): Reed and Herdlick (1947, p.8) "Cobalt found in silicified and tournmalinized breccias....Haynes-Stellite-type mineralizationis confined to the less deformed and more quartzitic rocks."

Comment (Development): 14 Unpatented Claims; Claims Relocated In 1939 Became Parts Of Haynes - Stellite Mine, Ludwig Property, And Patty B Property. ; Econ.Com: Transportation And Other Costs Made Shipments Unprofitable (1915).

Comment (Location): Location identified by Art Bookstrom on Google Earth.

Comment (Geology): "Country rock is interbedded quartzite and sandy phyllite. Mineralized rock consists of a silicified and tourmalinized brecciated zone containing small stringers and disseminated grains of very fine-grained cobaltite, and minor amounts of pyrite." Vhay (1948, plate 3B)


References

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A.L., 1943, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE COBALT DEPOSITS IN THE BLACKBIRD DISTRICT: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 61.

Reference (Deposit): CANNEY, F.C., 1953, PRELIMINARY REPORT OF GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN THE BLACKBIRD DISTRICT, IDAHO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT 53-31, 21 p.

Reference (Deposit): TRITES, A.F. AND TOOKER, E.W., 1953, URANIUM AND THORIUM DEPOSITS IN EAST-CENTRAL IDAHO, SOUTHWESTERN MONTANA: USGS BULL. 988-H, P. 175-176.

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C.P., 1931, CLASSIFICATION OF THE LODE DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL IDAHO: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 26, NO. 2, P. 169-185.

Reference (Deposit): BALDWIN, J.A., OCTOBER 8, 1976, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.

Reference (Deposit): TREXLER, B.D., JR., 1974, UNPUBLISHED BLACKBIRD REPORT

Reference (Deposit): Reed, G.C. and Herdlick, J.A., 1947, Blackbird cobalt deposits, Lemhi County, Idaho: U.S. Bureau of Mines R.I. 4012, 36 p.

Reference (Deposit): Bell, R. N., 1912, Thirteenth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1911.

Reference (Deposit): BILBREY, J.H., JR., 1962, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 8103, P.26

Reference (Deposit): VHAY, J.S., 1948, COBALT-COPPER DEPOSITS IN THE BLACKBIRD DISTRICT, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS STRATEGIC MINERALS INV. PRELIM. REPT. 3-219.

Reference (Deposit): SHOCKEY, P.N., 1957, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY OF THE LEESBURG QUADRANGLE, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 113, 42 P.

Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY, J.B., 1913, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 528, 182 P.

Reference (Production): BILBREY, J.H. JR., 1962, USBM INF. CIRC. 8103; ANDERSON, A.L., 1947, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 61. ; TREXLER, B.D., JR., 1974, UNPUBLISHED REPORT; VHAY, J.S., 1948, USGS STRATEGIC MINERALS INV. PRELIM. REPT. 3-219

Reference (Reserve-Resource): UNPUBLISHED COBALT REPORT

Reference (Deposit): HESS, F.L., 1921, COBALT: USGS MINERAL RESOURCES OF US, 1917, PT. 1, P. 899-901

Reference (Deposit): BELL, R.N., 1918, NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1917, 131 P.


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