Idaho · Custer County
Past Producer

Lost Packer Mine

Custer County, Idaho, United States
GoldSilverCopper
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Description

Clarence E. Eddie

Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formBUNCHES
Ore controlFissure Filling
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Gold
GangueBarite, Calcite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Siderite
Other materialsBismuthinite, Hematite
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite,Diorite,Mica Schist · Thompson Peak Formation-Mica Schist
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Diorite,Tuff,Rhyolite · Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite, Granodiorite;Granite Porphyry; Diorite Porphyry;Quartz Latite;Challis Volcanics-Rhyolite Porphyry, Tuff
StructureCrushing, Sheeting
AlterationGouge
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1903
Discovery year1902
Identification
Deposit ID10105682
MRDS IDW013926
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.59818, -114.88174
References
Umpleby, J. B., 1911, A Preliminary Account Of The Ore Deposits Of The Loon Creek District, Idaho: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 530, P. 66 - 74.USBM, 1975, Activity Of Idaho Mining Properties, 1974, USBM, Boise, Idaho, 61 P.Bell, R. N., 1935, The Gold Resources Of Idaho: Mining And Contracting Review, V. 33, No. 37.Yinger, M. A., 1976 , Geology Of The Eastern Part Of The Loon Creek Mining District, Custer County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M.S. Thesis, P. 94 - 96 .5) Sibbett, B. S., 1976 , Geology Of The Northeast Part Of The Loon Creek Mining District, Custer County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho M.S. Thesis, P. 100 - 104 .1913 Geolmap Umpleby, J. B., Bulletin 5301975 Compile USBM, Mining Activity List, 1974Weed, W. H., 1906, The Copper Mines Of The United States In 1905, In USGS Bulletin 285, P. 93-124.Jennings, E. P., 1906, The Lost Packer Copper-Gold Lode: Canadian Min. Inst. Jour., Vol. 9, P. 56.Bell, R. N., 8th Ann. Rept. Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1906, P. 48-49.Bell, R. N., 1907, 9th Ann. Rept. Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1907, P. 72-73.Bell, R. N., 1908, Tenth Ann. Rept. Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1908, P. 9.Moore, F. C., 1909, Eleventh Ann. Rept. Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1909, P. 47-49.Bell, R. N., 1911, Thirteenth Ann. Rept. Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1911, P. 40-42.Bell, R. N., 1912, Fourteenth Ann. Rept. Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1912, P. 98-99.Bell, R. N., 1913, Fifteenth Ann. Rept. Of The Minind Industry Of Idaho For 1913, P. 150-151.Umpleby, J. B., 1913, Some Ore Deposits In Northern Custer County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 539, 104 P.Ross, C. P., 1934, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Casto Quadrangle, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 854, 135 P.Ridenour, J., And Others, 1983, Mines And Prospects In The Loon Creek Mining District, Custer County, Idaho: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 88-83, Appendix.Leszcykowski, A.M., And Others, 1985, Mineral Appraisal Of The Loon Creek-Warm Spring Creek Unit, Custer And Lemhi Counties, Idaho, In Mineral Resources And Occurrences In Part Of The Frank Churcy-River Of No Return Wilderness, Custer, Idaho. Lemhi, And Valley Counties, Idaho: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 64-85, P. 44-48.Bell, R. N., 1935, Mining And Contracting Review, V. 33, No. 37.Shockey, P. N., 1963, Geology Of The Lost Packer Mine, Loon Creek District, Custer County, Idaho: Unpublished Private Report For Ivers Mining Company, 37 P.