The Reliance Mine is a zinc, lead, and silver mine located in Butte county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,499 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc, Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 43.6008, -113.59080
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Reliance Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Reliance Mine
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Butte
District: Lava Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Pioneer Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: STRINGERS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Sericitization
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Bleaching
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Jamesonite
Ore: Wurtzite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Marcasite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Comments
Comment (Location): Small Gulch Tributary To Champagne Creek Less Than 0.5 Mi N Of St. Louis Mine
Comment (Development): 4 Unpatented Claims
Comment (Geology): Original Alteration entry: Bleaching, Sericitization
References
Reference (Deposit): Umpleby, J. B., 1917, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Mackay Region, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 97, 129 P.
Reference (Deposit): Anderson, A. L., 1929, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Lava Creek District, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 32, 70 P.
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