The Vishnu Mine is a gold mine located in Elmore county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,499 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 43.6917, -115.30140
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Vishnu Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Vishnu Mine
Secondary: Idaho
Secondary: Esmeralda
Secondary: Bullhide
Secondary: Clifton Bell
Secondary: Mountain Goat.
Secondary: Idaho Gold Corporation
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Elmore
District: Rocky Bar District
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: Idaho Gold Corp.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1863
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Sawtooth Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: $2.65 - $200 AU/TO PRIOR TO 1881
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): $850,000 By 1881
Comment (Development): Several Groups Of Claims
Comment (Location): On The N. Side Of Bear Cr.
Comment (Workings): Probably More Drifts And Crosscuts Were Driven Than Indicated By The 1700 Ft Figure
Comment (Production): Prod. > $300,000 Strahorn, R.E. 1881 Res. Idaho, P. 39.
References
Reference (Deposit): Anderson, A. L., 1943, Geology Of The Gold - Bearing Lodes Of The Rocky Bar District, Elmore Co., Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines Pam. 65, P. 2
Reference (Deposit): 1943 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pam. 6
Reference (Production): Anderson, A. L., 1943, Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pam. 65, P. 27
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