The A. D. & M. Mine is a gold mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,800 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: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.5608, -113.90890
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A. D. & M. Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: A. D. & M. Mine
Secondary: Keystone
Secondary: Huron
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Gibbonsville 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: American Development, Mining And Reduction Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
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: Beaverhead Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PRIMARY ORE CARRIED $30 AU (1913)
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Country Rx Trend N10-20W, 40-70e. Faults- N-S, E ; Info.Src : 1 Pub Lit
Comment (Location): On S. Face Of Mountain NE Of Gibbonsville ; Info From Land.St :(1978)
Comment (Production): Total Production Estimated At A Little More Than $1,000,000 (To 1913).
Comment (Development): 21 Pat. Claims, 2 Pat. Millsites. Reduction Site Plant Destroyed By Fire, 1907. 30-Stamp Cyanide Plant Built, 1910. Mine Support Facilities All Destroyed By Fire, 1913.
Comment (Deposit): 6 Or 7 E-W Veins, About 12 In Wide, With East Pinching Ore Shoots
Comment (Workings): Main Adit Is 600-Ft Level (No. 3). Raises From The 600 Level Reach Surface, And Shaft Reaches 800 Ft Level. 1 Incline Connects 700 Ft Level With 900 Ft Level (Deepest-1913). Main Stoping Is Above 800 Ft Level.
Comment (Geology): Higher Grade Ore In Black Slate
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS Bull 528.
Reference (Deposit): Bell, Robert N., 1913, Fourteenth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1912, P. 134.
Reference (Deposit): Bell, R. N., 1908, Ninth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1907, P. 122 - 123
Reference (Deposit): Min Sci Press, V105, P. 47-9
Reference (Deposit): Eng And Min Jorn. V79, N7, P. 324
Reference (Deposit): 1908 Compile Mine Inspectors Annual Report For 1907
Reference (Deposit): 1913 Compile Mine Inspectors Annual Report For 1912
Reference (Deposit): 1913 Geolmap Umpleby; Bulletin 528
Reference (Deposit): 1939 Recon U.S. Bureau Of Mines; Inf. Circ. 7082
Reference (Production): Umpleby, J. B., 1913, USGS Bulletin 528, 82 P. {{ Bell, 1908, Annual Report Of Mining Industry, P. 122 - 123
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 528, 1913, P. 131-132.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 25-93, 1993.
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