Meadow Creek Mine

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

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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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