The Humming Bird Group is a lead and copper mine located in Bear Lake county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Copper
Lat, Long: 42.2372, -111.50420
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Humming Bird Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Humming Bird Group
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Bear Lake
District: Bear Lake District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1897
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LINEAR
Form: TABULAR, FISSURE VEIN
Structure
Type: R
Description: Bear River Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CU CARBONATES AND SULPHATE FORM LESS THAN 1 % OF ORE
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Brochantite
Gangue: Jasper
Unknown: Azurite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Tennantite
Unknown: Tetrahedrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): Tunnels, Inclines, Shafts
Comment (Production): 7-77 Production Less Than 500 Tonnes. 53 Tonnes Produced In With An Average Grade Of 3.9% Copper. 7-77 Mineralized Zone Trends N19w. Individual Vein Mined Tr N60w And Dips 40 Sw.
Comment (Production): Deposit Has Been A Minor Producer
References
Reference (Deposit): Toepfer 1951 Usdm Rev Of Exam Rept Humming Bird Mine
Reference (Deposit): USBM Mineral Property File 121.4 - Includes Correspondence & Property Report
Reference (Deposit): Mansfield, G. R., 1927 , Geography, Geology, And Mineral Resources Of Part Of Southeastern Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 152 , P. 345
Reference (Deposit): Richards, R. W., 1911 , Notes On The Lead And Copper Deposits In The Bear River Range, Idaho And Utah: USGS Bulletin 470 , P. 177 - 187
Reference (Deposit): 1911 Recon R. W. Richards, Bulletin 470
Reference (Deposit): 1927 Recon G. R. Mansfield, Prof. Paper 152
Reference (Production): Mansfield, G. R., 1927 , USGS Prof. Paper 152 , P. 345
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