Gem State Consolidated Mines Inc.

The Gem State Consolidated Mines Inc. is a mine located in Gem county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,101 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Gem State Consolidated Mines Inc.
Secondary: Dewey Mine

Commodity

Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Idaho
County: Gem
District: West View Dist.

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: Gem State Consolidated Mines, Inc.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Physiographic Detail: Sawtooth Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LINEAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation, Fe Stains, Scorodite, Mn Sulfides

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Location): NORTH OF WILLOW CR.

Comment (Commodity): ORE IS SILICEOUS, FINE - GRAINED.

Comment (Development): PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 5 PATENTED AND 7 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Comment (Deposit): STRIKE OF THE LODES VARIES N 70 - 80 DEG W, DIP VARIES 40 - 75 DEG N

References

Reference (Deposit): 1961 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT NO. 4 , P. 34

Reference (Deposit): 1934 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL., PAM. 41.

Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, ALFRED L., 1934, GEOLOGY OF THE PEARL - HORSESHOE BEND GOLD BELT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 41, P. 29.

Reference (Deposit): SAVAGE, C. N., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GEM AND PAYETTE COUNTIES: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT NO. 4 , P. 34

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