Hermit Mine

The Hermit Mine is a silver mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 10,000 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

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Site Name

Primary: Hermit Mine
Secondary: Native Silver

Commodity

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

Location

State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Boulder 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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1885
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: LINEAR

Form: LINEAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Idaho Batholith

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Gouge, Oxidation

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: CHIP SAMPLES AVERAGED: 1.15 OZ AG/TON, 0.36% PB, 0.70% ZN

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite

Comments

Comment (Location): Located In the Headwall of Cirque 3/4 Mi North of the Livingston Mine.

Comment (Workings): 2 Adits, 2 Winzes

References

Reference (Deposit): Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, Mineral Resources Of The Eastern Part Of The Sawtooth National Recreation Area, Custer And Blaine Counties, Idaho: USGS Open-File Rept., 648 P.

Reference (Deposit): Choate, Raoul, 1937, USGS Bulletin 877 P. 153-154

Reference (Production): Tschanz, C. M., And Others, 1974, USGS Open-File Rept.

Reference (Deposit): Kern, Richard, R., 1972, Geology And Economic Deposits Of Slate Creek Area, Custer Co., Idaho: Pocatello, Idaho, Idaho State Ms Thesis, P. 46-49.

Reference (Deposit): Kiilsgaard, Thor, 1949, IBMG Pamphlet 88, P. 24-25

Reference (Deposit): Vannoy & Others, 1986, USGS Bulletin1545e, P. 360, Pl. 3, No. 87

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