Ore House No. 7 and 8

The Ore House No. 7 and 8 is a lead mine located in Butte county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,041 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Ore House No. 7 and 8  

State:  Idaho

County:  Butte

Elevation: 7,041 Feet (2,146 Meters)

Commodity: Lead

Lat, Long: 43.9736, -113.02060

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Ore House No. 7 and 8 MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Ore House No. 7 and 8
Secondary: Wilbert Mine Part


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver


Location

State: Idaho
County: Butte


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


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Owen, Don
Home Office: 3435 N. 33, Boise, Id, 83703


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
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

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Comments

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References

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): 12 P.

Reference (Deposit): ID: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET NO. 39,

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A. L., 1947, STRUCTURAL CONTROL AND WALLROCK

Reference (Deposit): ALTERATION AT THE WILBERT MINE, DOME DISTRICT, BUTTE

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): 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. 63, P. 155.

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): SHAFFER, L. E., 1945, THE WILBERT MINE, BUTTE COUNTY, IDAHO:

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES UNPUBLISHED WAR MINERALS REPORT,

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C. P., 1961, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHER PART OF THE LEMHI

Reference (Deposit): 18 P.

Reference (Deposit): RANGE, ID: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 80,

Reference (Deposit): AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF LEMHI


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