The Shoo Fly Mine is a gold mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,500 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: 7,500 Feet (2,286 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 45.305, -113.98720
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Shoo Fly Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Shoo Fly Mine
Secondary: Sims Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Eureka 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: Salmon National Forest
Holdings
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Sims, Howard
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1870
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
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
Form: IRREGULAR LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Residual Placer Worked Above Vein ; Info.Src : 1 Pub Lit
Comment (Location): On Divide Separating Moose Creek From Salmon River Few Hundred Yards N. Of Where Stormy Peak Road Crosses Into The Moose Or Dump Creek Drainage. ; Info From Land.St :(1978)
Comment (Production): $75000 Au Production
Comment (Development): 3 Pat Claims
References
Reference (Deposit): Anderson, A. L., 1959, Geology And Mineral Resources Of The North Fork Quadrangle, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 118, 92 P.
Reference (Deposit): USGS Bull 528.
Reference (Production): Anderson, A. L., 1959, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Pamphlet 118, 92 P.
Idaho Gold
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