The Julietta Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,601 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 44.3903, -114.72190
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Julietta Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Julietta Mine
Secondary: Juliette
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Yankee Fork 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Production): $2000
Comment (Deposit): 2 Systems of Parallel Veins In District; Julietta Is Southward Extension of Eastern System
References
Reference (Deposit): Anderson, A. L., 1949, Silver - Gold Deposits Of The Yankee Fork District, Custer County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 83, 37 P.
Reference (Deposit): Umpleby, J. B., 1913, Some Ore Deposits In Northwestern Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 539, 104 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1913 Geolmap Umpleby, J. B., Bulletin 539
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 6-91, 1991, Table A-3, No. 432, P. 208.
Reference (Production): Umpleby, J. B., 1913, USGS Bulletin 539, P. 87
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