The Lookout Mine is a lead mine located in Butte county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,402 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: 7,402 Feet (2,256 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 43.9628, -113.02360
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Lookout Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lookout Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Idaho
County: Butte
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Gary L. Baker
Home Office: Idaho
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): SHAFFER, L. E., 1945, THE WILBERT MINE, BUTTE COUNTY, IDAHO:
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES UNPUBLISHED WAR MINERALS REPORT,
Reference (Deposit): 13 P.
Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY, J. B., 1914, THE LEAD-SILVER DEPOSITS OF THE DOME
Reference (Deposit): DISTRICT, ID: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 540,
Reference (Deposit): P. 212-222.
Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY, J. B., 1917, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MACKAY
Reference (Deposit): REGION, ID: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 97, 129 P.
Reference (Deposit): VARLEY, THOMAS, WRIGHT, C. A., SOPER, E. K., AND
Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, D. C., 1919, A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE
Reference (Deposit): MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN
Reference (Deposit): 166, 113 P.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 11-91, 1991, APPENDIX
Reference (Deposit): C, NO. 68, P. 157.
Reference (Deposit): 12 P.
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A. L., 1947, STRUCTURAL CONTROL AND WALLROCK
Reference (Deposit): ADJACENT TO THE DIAMOND PEAK, ID STUDY AREA
Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, ID: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 42, NO. 4, P. 368-383.
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, R. A., 1948, RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY OF THE GEOLOGY
Reference (Deposit): AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF LEMHI
Reference (Deposit): RANGE, ID: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 80,
Reference (Deposit): 18 P.
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C. P., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE LEMHI
Reference (Deposit): RANGE, ID: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1081-F, 260 P.
Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C. P., 1933, THE DOME MINING DISTRICT, BUTTE COUNTY,
Reference (Deposit): ID: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET NO. 39,
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