Parker Mine

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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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: 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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