Steen Mine

The Steen Mine is a gold mine located in Lemhi county, Idaho.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Steen Mine
Secondary: Steen Family
Secondary: Steen Group
Secondary: Lincoln
Secondary: Liberty
Secondary: Continental
Secondary: Broken Hill
Secondary: Red Bird
Secondary: Forney-Yelllow Jacket

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver

Location

State: Idaho
County: Lemhi
District: Yellowjacket

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: Salmon National Forest

Holdings

Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Steen, H. S.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1977

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Year: 1890
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: L
Structure: Brecciation

Type: L
Structure: Stockwork

Type: L
Structure: Shear zone

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: FS MIN EXAM 1959 LEWIECKI

Materials

Ore: Galena
Unknown: Azurite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Tetrahedrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): This Claim Is Part Of The Yellowjacket Group Which Consists Of Over 100 Claims. District Has Been Recurrently Active Since The 1880s

Comment (Deposit): 7-77 The Point Location Is The Lincoln Shaft. 7-77 The Zone Of Mineralization Trends NW But Individual Veins Strike NE And Are Generally Steeply Dipping.

Comment (Production): Deposit Has Been A Minor Producer

References

Reference (Deposit): Umpleby, E.L., 1913, Geology And Ore Deposits Of Lemhi County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 528

Reference (Deposit): Ross 1934 USGS Bull 854

Reference (Deposit): Hershey 1933 Report On Steen Mine To Bunker Hill and Sullivan

Reference (Deposit): Anderson 1953 Id Bur Mines and Geol Pamph 94 P 27-32

Reference (Deposit): USBM 1943 War Minerals Rept On The Steen Mine 19 P

Reference (Deposit): Horning 1934 Rept On Steen Mine To H.S. Steen

Reference (Deposit): USBM WFOC Min Prop File 127.8, Spokane, Wash.

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