Grover Crocker Mine

The Grover Crocker Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Blaine county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,201 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: Grover Crocker Mine
Secondary: Queen Bess

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc

Location

State: Idaho
County: Blaine
District: Mineral Hill 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

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Sawtooth Silver And Explor.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Sawtooth Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: SEAMS, BUNCHES AND IRREGULAR NESTS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation

Rocks

Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian

Name: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Siderite

Comments

Comment (Location): SW EDGE OF FLOOR OF BIG WOOD RIVER VALLEY. JUST ABOVE MOUTH OF MAMMOTH GULCH

Comment (Workings): 4 TUNNELS; ONE TUNNEL WAS 282 FT. LONG

Comment (Production): $60,000 IN EARLY DAYS

References

Reference (Deposit): UMPLEBY, J. B., AND OTHERS, 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WOOD RIVER REGION, IDAHO, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE MINNIE MOORE AND NEAR-BY MINES: USGS BULL. 814, P. 1-245.

Reference (Deposit): IDAHO DEPT. OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, JUNE 1974 - JULY 1975, FIRST ANNUAL REPT. ADDENDUM, 95 P.

Reference (Deposit): 1930 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY, J. B., BULL. 814

Reference (Deposit): 1949 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 90

Reference (Deposit): 1975 COMPILE IDAHO DEPT. LABOR 1ST ANN. REPT. ADDENDUM

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A. L., AND OTHERS, 1950, DETAILED GEOLOGY OF CERTAIN AREAS IN THE MINERAL HILL AND WARM SPRINGS MINING DISTRICTS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 90, 73 P.

Reference (Production): ANDERSON, A. L., AND OTHERS, 1950, ID. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 90

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