The Meadow Creek Mine is a antimony, silver, and gold mine located in Valley county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,601 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: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 44.8994, -115.33420
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Meadow Creek Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Meadow Creek Mine
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Valley
District: Yellow Pine 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Bradley Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1932
Discovery Year: 1900
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: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Meadow Creek Fault Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal; Silicification; Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE: 0.15 - 0.5 OZ AU/TON, 55 - 60 % SB, 25 OZ AG/TON
Analytical Data: DRILL SAMPLES 0.17 - 0.75 OZ AU/TON, 17 OZ AG/TON, 17 % SB
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): 1951 PRICES: TOTAL VALUE $1547000, AG $116,000, SB $215,000
Comment (Workings): OVER 44000 FT DIAMOND DRILLING AND 4650 FT OF DRIFTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): 1935 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 43
Reference (Deposit): 1936 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44
Reference (Deposit): 1951 RECON COOPER, J. R., BULL. 969 - F.
Reference (Production): COOPER, J. R., 1951, USGS BULL. 969 - F, P. 180.
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, J. R., 1951, GEOLOGY OF TUNGSTEN, ANTIMONY, AND GOLD DEPOSITS NEAR STIBNITE, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 969-F, PP. 151 - 195.
Reference (Deposit): CURRIER, L. W., 1935, A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE YELLOW PINE DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 43, 27 P.
Reference (Deposit): SHENON, P. J., AND ROSS, C. P., 1936, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR EDWARDSBURG AND THUNDER MOUNTAIN, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44, 45 P.
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