Lost Pilgrim Mine

The Lost Pilgrim Mine is a silver mine located in Valley county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,699 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 Pilgrim Mine  

State:  Idaho

County:  Valley

Elevation: 6,699 Feet (2,042 Meters)

Commodity: Silver

Lat, Long: 44.4678, -115.57970

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Lost Pilgrim Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Lost Pilgrim Mine
Secondary: Pilgrim


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Gold


Location

State: Idaho
County: Valley
District: Deadwood River Area


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: Boise National Forest


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Bunker Hill And Sullivan Mining And Concentrating Co.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1884
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

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Pyrite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): 2 VEINS, 1 AG, OTHER PB-AG. MOST WORK ON AG VEIN

Comment (Workings): ADITS, TUNNELS, DRIFTS, RAISES


References

Reference (Deposit): BELL, R.N., 1929, BUNKER HILL IN THE DEADWOOD BASIN: MINING TRUTH, V. 14, NO. 13, P. 5 - 6.

Reference (Deposit): ROSS, C. P., 1941, THE METALS AND COAL MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO, WITH NOTES ON THE NONMETALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 57, 263 P.

Reference (Deposit): 1941 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 57

Reference (Deposit): 1931 COMPILE IDAHO STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S ANN. REPT., 1930

Reference (Deposit): CAMPBELL, S., 1931, BUNKER HILL AND SULLIVAN M. AND C. CO.: THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1930, P. 32 - 40

Reference (Production): BELL, R.N., 1929, MINING TRUTH, V. 14, NO. 13, P. 5.


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