Twin Cabin Mine

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

Name: Twin Cabin Mine  

State:  Idaho

County:  Lemhi

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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