Lost Eagle Claim

The Lost Eagle Claim is a lead and silver mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 8,799 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

Name: Lost Eagle Claim  

State:  Idaho

County:  Custer

Elevation: 8,799 Feet (2,682 Meters)

Commodity: Lead, Silver

Lat, Long: 44.5775, -114.89610

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Lost Eagle Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Lost Eagle Claim
Secondary: Waneta
Secondary: Sunrise
Secondary: Metcalf


Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper


Location

State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Loon Creek District


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

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Gar Mines And Metals Co.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
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: Salmon River Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: BANDS, INTERSTITIAL AREAS


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: FROM GALENA: 10 OZ AG/UNIT PB.


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Siderite


Comments

Comment (Location): On Divide Between Canyon and Deer Creek Cirques ; Lost Eagle Is Near and To the W of Sunrise Mine

Comment (Development): Waneta Also Includes Sunrise, Metcalf Claims, See Form 113

Comment (Workings): 1911 - Shaft, Tunnel, Drift


References

Reference (Deposit): Umpleby, J. B., 1913, A Preliminary Account Of The Ore Deposits Of The Loon Creek District, Idaho: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 530, P. 66 - 74.

Reference (Deposit): Green, W. R., 1968, Waneta: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open - File Rept.

Reference (Deposit): Ross, C. P., 1934 , Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Casto Quadrangle, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 854 , 135 P.

Reference (Deposit): Yinger, M. A., 1976 , Geology Of The Eastern Part Of The Loon Creek Mining District, Custer County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M.S. Thesis, P. 94 .

Reference (Deposit): 1913 Geolmap Umpleby, J. B., Bulletin 530

Reference (Deposit): 1968 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open - File Rept.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 64-85, 1985, Table 2, No. 69, P. 72.


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