The Big Smokey Et Al. Claims is a lead and silver mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 9,482 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: 9,482 Feet (2,890 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 44.33528, -113.26528
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Big Smokey Et Al. Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Smokey Et Al. Claims
Secondary: Warm Creek Silver Mines Property
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Spring Mtn. 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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Warm Creek Silver Mines, Inc. (James E. Reddy, President)
Years: 1965 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Lemhi Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON THE W. SLOPE OF TRAIL PEAK, AT THE HEADWATERS OF WARM CREEK.
Comment (Development): 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS (BIG SMOKEY, EDNA, DAVE AND OLLIE) OME LOAN APPLICATION (POCKET NO. 6390) MADE IN 1965.
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL SMALL VEINS .5 TO 3 FT WIDE ARE PRESENT
Comment (Workings): 4 PITS AND 4 ADITS. 2 ADITS WERE EACH 100 FT LONG, OTHER 2 CAVED
Comment (Deposit): FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE OME POCKET NO. 6390 (1965) ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): COMMODITY FILES, U.S.G.S., SPOKANE, WA
Idaho Gold
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