The Parker Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 8,599 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,599 Feet (2,621 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 44.5992, -114.55440
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Parker Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Parker Mine
Secondary: Parker Mountain Mine
Secondary: Mikado
Secondary: Pinch Hit
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Parker Mountain 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: Challis National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1905
Year: 1906
Year: 1907
Year: 1908
Year: 1910
Year: 1912
Year: 1913
Year: 1915
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Year First Production: 1905
Discovery Year: 1904
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Kaolinization , Argillization
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS: $12-20 AU AND AG/TON
Materials
Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): Production Above Intermittent: Produced In 1905 - 1908 , 1912 - 1913 , 1915 , 1926
Comment (Location): On Spur Above Head of Kerr Cr.
Comment (Development): Some Milling Machinery Was Installed In 1908 .
Comment (Deposit): Epithermal. Cavity Fillings, Comb Structures, Symmetrical Bandings, and Crustifications Are Conspicuous. Colloidal Textures Are Common. Quartz Veins Resemble Breccia Or Pebble Dikes.
Comment (Workings): 7 Tunnels, Several Cuts, Trenches.
References
Reference (Deposit): Ross, C. P., 1927 , Ore Deposits In The Tertiary Lava In The Salmon River Mountains, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 25 , 20 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1934 Geolmap Ross, C. P., Bulletin 85
Reference (Production): Ross, C. P., 1934, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Casto Quadrangle, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 854, 135 P.
Reference (Deposit): Ross, C. P., 1934, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Casto Quadrangle, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 854, 135 P.
Reference (Deposit): Minobras, 1975, Idaho Industrial Minerals: Minobras, P. 34-36.
Reference (Deposit): Fenne, Frank, K., 1977 , Geology And Mineral Deposits Of The Parker Mountain Mining District: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M.S. Thesis, P. 46 - 57 .
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 528, 1913, P. 177-178.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 64-85, 1985, P. 48-56.
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