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Silver King Group

Occurrence in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011695
MRDS ID D006790
Record type Site
Current site name Silver King Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.05406, 43.71408 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position 9 MI. NE OF BOISE, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Robie Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boise-Mores(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Boise National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 004N 003E 002 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE S.E. SLOPE OF GARDINER PEAK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith
    Rock description Idaho Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.05406, 43.71408
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Veins In Area Generally Trend E.-W. To W.S.W.-E.N.E, And Dip Steeply.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N70E
    Dip 90
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Along Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Anton (Tony) Bens, W.M. Mcdougall, M. Howard, G. Lehan, E.W. Bay
  • Type Owner
    Owner A. Bens, W. M. Mcdougall, M. Howard, G. Lehan, E. W. Bay

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 70.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS SHALLOW PITS, TRENCHES, AND TWO ADITS COMPRISED THE WORKINGS IN 1965.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMODITY FILES, U.S.G.S., SPOKANE, WA.

  • Deposit

    USGS GEOL ATLAS FOLIO 45.

  • Deposit

    USGS 18TH ANN REP, PT. 3, P. 625-736.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY CONSISTS OF THE UNPATENTED SILVER KING CLAIMS NOS. 1-11.
Deposit FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE O.M.E. DOCKET NO. 6457 (1965). ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1981 Lewis, Reed S. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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