The Checkmate Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Gem county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,199 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,199 Feet (1,280 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 43.8544, -116.31940
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Checkmate Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Checkmate Mine
Secondary: Hecla-Checkmate
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Gem
District: West View Dist.
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Hecla-Checkmate Mining Co.
Owner Name: Hella - Checkmate Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Physiographic Detail: Sawtooth Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PINCH AND SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Pyritized
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Sericitized
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Lamprophyre
Role: Associated
Description: Dike
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE WITH LOTS OF SPHALERITE, SOME GALENA, ASSAYED 0.68 OZ AU, 7.1 OZ AG/TON
Analytical Data: DUMP SAMPLE ASSAYED 2.19 OZ AU, 13.8 OZ AG/TON
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Dolomite
Comments
Comment (Geology): Open Vugs With Well - Shaped Crystals, Especially Quartz, Are Common.
Comment (Location): On The S. Side Of Willow Cr.
Comment (Production): Nearly One Million Dollars Total Output Au.
Comment (Geology): Original ore control entry: Shear Zone
Comment (Geology): Original alteration entry: Local - Sericitized, Pyritized
References
Reference (Deposit): Anderson, Alfred L., 1934, Geology Of The Pearl - Horseshoe Bend Gold Belt, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 41, P. 25
Reference (Production): Anderson, A. L., 1934, Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 41, P. 25
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