The Twin Cabin Mine is a lead mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 9,600 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,600 Feet (2,926 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 45.3283, -113.74060
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Twin Cabin Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Twin Cabin Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Carmen Creek 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: Salmon National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1875
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: PODS
Structure
Type: R
Structure: Miner Lake Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Silver
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): The Veins Grade Into Massive Quartz Toward The Miner Lake Fault
Comment (Location): West Flank, Ajax Pk ; Info From Land.St :(1978)
Comment (Development): Minor Prospecting In 1966
Comment (Workings): All Adits Caved
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: LATE 1800'S
Comment (Geology): Original ore control entry: Miner Lake Fault
Comment (Geology): Original Structures entry: Regional - Miner Lake Fault
References
Reference (Deposit): MacKenzie, W. O., 1949, Geology And Ore Deposits Of A Section Of The Beaverhead Range, East Of Salmon, Lemhi County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M. S. Thesis, 52 P
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