The Mascot Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Blaine county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,999 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: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 43.6953, -114.09720
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Mascot Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mascot Mine
Secondary: Mascott Mining and Milling Co.
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Blaine
District: Warm Springs Creek 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Harold Ivie
Production
Year: 1886
Time Period: 1884, 1886
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^34 - 60% Pb, 29 - 68 Oz Ag/Ton
Year: 1886
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^60. % Pb, 23.60 Oz/Ton Ag
Year: 1891
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^58.3 % Pb, 23 Oz/Ton Ag
Year: 1887
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^43.7 % Pb, 65 Oz/Ton Ag
Year: 1908
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^38.8 % Pb, 22.4 % Zn, .01 Oz/Ton Au, 20 Oz/Ton Ag
Year: 1917
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^23 Oz/Ton Ag, Pb
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1875
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Actinolite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870S
Comment (Production): ITEM 8 FROM PAYMASTER WORKINGS; ITEMS 2 - 7 FROM SILVER FORTUNE WORKINGS
Comment (Development): MASCOT MINE IS CONSOLIDATION OF MANY PROSPECTS AND MINES. PRINCIPAL WORKINGS ARE LYDIA, SILVER FORTUNE, PAYMASTER, IRON CLAD, SNOW CLAD, P.K.; 1930 6 PATENTED, 55 UNPATENTED CLAIMS; 1962 42 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.
Comment (Deposit): NUMEROUS VEINS. SILVER FORTUNE VEIN DESCRIBED ABOVE
Comment (Geology): VEINS FOUND IN ALL FORMATIONS ABOVE.
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): 1930 GEOLMAP J. B. UMPLEBY AND OTHERS, BULL. 814
Reference (Deposit): 1962 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPT.
Reference (Production): ITEM 1, STALEY, W.W., 1962, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT.; ITEMS 2-8, UMPLEBY, J.B., AND OTHERS, 1930, USGS BULL. 814, P. 199
Reference (Deposit): STALEY, W. W., 1962, MASCOTT MINING AND MILLING CO.: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPORT.
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