Commodore Property

Occurrence in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011699
MRDS ID D006795
Record type Site
Current site name Commodore Property
Alternate or previous names Idaho Alta Metals Corp. Property
Related records 10144225

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.35171, 43.48989 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 5 MI N65W OF BELLEVUE ID., Within .2 Mi.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bellevue(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fairfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Wood(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 002N 018E 19 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ABOUT .5 MI SW OF THE CLIMAX MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Milligen Formation
    Rock description Milligen Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.35171, 43.48989

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description A Large Nw-Trending, Ne Dipping Fault Is The Major Structure

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, PODS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Is Concentrated Along A Strong Nw-Striking Shear Zone.

Comments on the geologic information

  • A DIORITE BODY OUTCROPS ABOUT 2000 FT SOUTH OF THE MINERALIZED ZONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mineral Hill District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Idaho Alta Metals Corp., R.L. Hunter, Mine Foreman
    First year 1955

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT AND NUMEROUS TRENCHES COMPRISED THE WORKINGS IN 1955.

Comments on development

  • APPLIED FOR D.M.E.A. LOAN IN 1955 (D.M.E.A. DOCKET 3963).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    IBMG PAMP 90, 73 P.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 814,250 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE D.M.E.A. DOCKET NO. 3963 ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-81 Lewis, Reed S. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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