The Blue Jacket is a mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho.
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Mine Info
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Blue Jacket MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Jacket
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
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
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: FS MIN EXAM 1959 LEWIECKI
Materials
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PLAYA-TYPE DEPOSIT. ULEXITE OCCURS AS NODULES 10-15 CM IN DIAMETER AND AS SMALLER BODIES IN LAYERS 4-5 CM THICK. B IS CONCENTRATED ADJACENT TO A SMALL ISLAND OF PALEOZOIC ROCK IN THE NORTHWEST OF THE SALAR. AN EXPLORATION HOLE FOUND A BED OF HARD ULEXITE BENEATH 60 CM OF RED SAND. UNDER THE ULEXITE WAS 50 CM OF GREEN PLASTIC CLAYS, WHICH IN TURN WERE UNDERLAIN BY A BED OF FETID ORGANIC CLAYS WITH DISSEMINATED ULEXITE. TO THE SOUTH OF THIS OCCURRENCE, NODULAR ULEXITE IS RHYTHMICALLY BEDDED WITH PINKISH SAND IN A LAYER 50 CM THICK WHICH IS UNDERLAIN BY BLACK SAND.
Comment (Geology): THE SALAR IS BOUNDED BY TECTONIC BLOCKS OF THE ORDOVICIAN COPALAYO FM AND BY BEDS OF THE TERTIARY GESTE FM.
Comment (Location): COVERS AN AREA OF AOBUT 84 SQ KM.
Comment (Deposit): THIS CLAIM IS PART OF THE YELLOWJACKET GROUP WHICH CONSISTS OF OVER 100 CLAIMS. DISTRICT HAS BEEN RECURRENTLY ACTIVE SINCE THE 1880S
References
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Idaho Gold
"Where to Find Gold in Idaho" looks at the density of modern placer mining claims along with historical gold mining locations and mining district descriptions to determine areas of high gold discovery potential in Idaho. Read more: Where to Find Gold in Idaho.
