Abundance Mine

The Abundance Mine is a iron mine located in Washington county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,449 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

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Site Name

Primary: Abundance Mine

Commodity

Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: Idaho
County: Washington
District: Iron Mountain 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: Patented

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Siegwein, John

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1918
Discovery Year: 1895
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Physiographic Detail: Cuddy Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: BLANKET

Structure

Type: R
Description: High-Angle Faulting And Westward Tilting Of The Fault Blocks.

Type: L
Description: Unconformity Between The Andesite Flows And The Greenstone And Marble Formations.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Secondary Copper Enrichment In The Sulfides.

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Jasper
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Development): ECON.COM: IRON IS TOO LOW-GRADE AS A SOURCE FOR COMMERCIAL PIG IRON.

Comment (Geology): LENSES OF HEMATITE ARE SUCCEEDED BY A ZONE OF SILICEOUS PORPHYRY BRECCIA.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1890'S

Comment (Deposit): THE GEOLOGY OF THE IRON MOUNTAIN DISTRICT CONSISTS OF A SERIES OF ANCIENT SEDIMENTARY ROCKS VERY EXTENSIVELY INTRUDED AND REPLACED WITH ERUPTIVE GRANITE, SCHISTOSE GREENSTONE, DIORITE, AND BASALT DIKES. THE GREENSTONE IS LIGHT TO DARK GRAY - GREEN, DENSE AND MASSIVE. THE MARBLE IS WHITE TO LIGHT GRAY, COARSELY CRYSTALLINE AND MASSIVE. IT IS INTERBEDDED WITH GREENSTONES. IN THE AREA AROUND THE GRANITIC ROCKS THE MARBLE IS REPLACED BY TACTITE, CONTAINING BROWN GARNET.

References

Reference (Deposit): 1919 COMPILE 20TH ANN. REPT MINING INDUSTRY

Reference (Deposit): 1947 RECON MACKIN, J.H., OPEN-FILE REPT.

Reference (Deposit): 1953 GEOLMAP MACKIN, J.H., BULL. 982-E, P. 124,126,135,137,146-148; PL. 17.

Reference (Deposit): MACKIN, J. H., 1953, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF THE IRON MOUNTAIN DISTRICT: USGS BULL. 982-E, P. 146.

Reference (Deposit): MACKIN, J.H., 1947, IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF THE IRON MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, WASHINGTON COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT., 23 P.

Reference (Deposit): BELL, R. N., 1919, TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1918, P. 108.

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