Atlanta Mine

Past Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodity Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  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 10011697
MRDS ID D006792
Record type Site
Current site name Atlanta Mine
Alternate or previous names Ruby Mine, Idaho Claim, Atlanta Claim, Rising Hope Claim
Related records 10290065

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.89953, 43.86659 (WGS84)
Elevation 2713
Relative position 3 MI S20W FROM THE S.W. SHORE OF ALTURAS LAKE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marshall Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth 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 Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006N 013E Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE E. SIDE OF EUREKA GULCH, PROPERTY IS PROBABLY THE SAME AS THE RUBY MINE SHOWN ON THE MARSHALL PEAK QUADRANGLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS SHOWED 200-700 OZ. SILVER PER TON ACCORDING TO BALLARD (1922).

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) -114.89953, 43.86659

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description E-W And Nw Trending Veins, The E-W Veins Being More Sheared And More Mineralized.

Ore body information

  • Strike N90E?
    Dip 45N?

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sawtooth District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. D. Sullivan, Paul Parks
    Home office Clayton, Id.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Thomas Realty Co.
    Home office New York, N.Y.

Comments on the production information

  • CONSIDERABLE ORE WAS PACKED FROM THIS PROPERTY IN THE EARLY DAYS, NO FIGURES AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE ADITS, EACH 500 TO 1000 FT LONG COMPRISED THE WORKINGS IN 1922. A 492 FT ADIT TRENDING N78E WAS DRIVEN IN 1962.

Comments on development

  • OME APPLICATION MADE IN 1963. PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 2 PATENTED CLAIMS (ATLANTA, IDAHO) AND ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM (RISING HOPE).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IBMG PAMP 21, 17 P.

  • Deposit

    IBMG PAMP 146, 45 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    BALLARD, 1922.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS APPARENTLY AN EXTENSION OF THE LUCKY BOY-SCOTIA VEIN DESCRIBED BY BALLARD (1922).
Deposit FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE D.M.E. DOCKET NO. 6293 (1963). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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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