The Elmira Mine is a iron and manganese mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,801 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: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Iron, Manganese
Lat, Long: 44.7964, -113.47170
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Elmira Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Elmira Mine
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Cobalt
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Nickel
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Junction District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1920
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: Beaverhead Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE SAMPLE AVG. 10.8% MN, 34.1% FE, 0.94% PB, 1.2% ZN, TRACE AS, NI, CO, 8.6% INSOL., 1.0% CAO, 0.08% AL2O
Materials
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED 200 YARDS NW OF THE BUCKHORN MINE
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF MN ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1918.
Comment (Development): 9 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Geology): ORE CONTROL ABOVE REFERS TO PB DEPOSIT; MN DEPOSIT OCCURS IN FRACTURES AND OPEN SPACES IN LIMESTONE
References
Reference (Deposit): THUNE, H. W., 1941, MINERALOGY OF THE ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE LITTLE EIGHTMILE DISTRICT, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS, 37 P.
Reference (Deposit): WICKEN, O. M., 1941, A METALLURGICAL INVESTIGATION OF LOW-GRADE MANGANESE ORE: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS, 26 P.
Reference (Production): WICKEN, O. M., 1941, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS
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