The Nicholia Fraction is a silver mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho at an elevation of 8,599 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,599 Feet (2,621 Meters)
Commodity: Silver
Lat, Long: 44.3633, -112.96640
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Nicholia Fraction MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nicholia Fraction
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Birch 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: Targhee National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1922
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
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): Lies 0.5 mi SE of Viola Mine
Comment (Geology): Contact of limestone and quartzite trends N 50 Deg E and dips 30 Deg SE
Comment (Workings): A shaft has been driven
References
Reference (Deposit): Shenon, P. J., 1928, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Birch Creek District, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 27, 25 P.
Reference (Deposit): Anderson, A. L., And Wagner, W. R., 1944, Lead-Zinc-Copper Deposits Of The Birch Creek District, Clark And Lemhi Counties, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Mines And Geology Pamphlet 70, 43 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1928 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 27
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 53-83, 1983, Table 1, No. 17, P. 19.
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