Reliance Mine

The Reliance Mine is a zinc, lead, and silver mine located in Butte county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,499 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

Name: Reliance Mine  

State:  Idaho

County:  Butte

Elevation: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)

Commodity: Zinc, Lead, Silver

Lat, Long: 43.6008, -113.59080

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Reliance Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Reliance Mine


Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: Copper


Location

State: Idaho
County: Butte
District: Lava Creek 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

Type: Located Claim


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Pioneer Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: STRINGERS


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Sericitization

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Bleaching


Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Jamesonite
Ore: Wurtzite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Marcasite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Chalcedony


Comments

Comment (Location): Small Gulch Tributary To Champagne Creek Less Than 0.5 Mi N Of St. Louis Mine

Comment (Development): 4 Unpatented Claims

Comment (Geology): Original Alteration entry: Bleaching, Sericitization


References

Reference (Deposit): Umpleby, J. B., 1917, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Mackay Region, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 97, 129 P.

Reference (Deposit): Anderson, A. L., 1929, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Lava Creek District, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 32, 70 P.


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