The Elizabeth and Teddy Mines is a silver and lead mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 10,000 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
Elevation: 10,000 Feet (3,048 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 44.3492, -113.27690
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Elizabeth and Teddy Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Elizabeth and Teddy Mines
Secondary: Teddy & Elizabeth
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Spring 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1913
Time Period: 1909-1913
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^20 % Pb, 11 Oz Ag/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1882
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: Lemhi Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1880'S
Comment (Workings): FEW HUNDRED FT OF DEVELOPMENT AT EACH PROPERTY
Comment (Location): MINES ARE 1000 FT APART AND SITUATED ON SLOPE OF LEMHI MOUNTAIN TOWARD LITTLE LOST RIVER; PLOT IS APPROXIMATE
Comment (Production): 5 CARS OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1917 RAN 18-35% PB AND 0.5 OZ OF AG PER UNIT OF PB.
References
Reference (Deposit): BELL, R.N., 1918, NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1917.
Reference (Deposit): 1913 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY, J.B., BULL 52
Reference (Production): ITEM 8, UMPLEBY, J.B., 1913, USGS BULL. 528; ITEM 1, BELL, R.N., 1918, MINING INDUSTRY REPORT FOR 1917
Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY, J. B., 1913, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 528, 104P.
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