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Cloverleaf Mine

Past Producer in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Zinc
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069845
MRDS ID W007569
Record type Site
Current site name Cloverleaf Mine
Related records 10290231

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.79126, 43.88798 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 5 MI NE OF IDAHO CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pioneerville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Idaho City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(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 006N 006E 06 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    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) -115.79126, 43.88798
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 65 DEG W
    Dip 65 DEG SW
    Length 27.43M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Idaho City

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cloverleaf Metals Co.

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF AU WAS PRODUCED IN 1937.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 384.05M
    Overall depth 51.82M

Comments on development

  • 1 PATENTED CLAIM, 1 PATENTED MILL SITE, SEVERAL UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, ALFRED L., 1947, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BOISE BASIN, IDAHO, U. S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 944 - C, P. 234

  • Deposit

    1947 GEOLMAP ANDERSON, A. L. BULL. 944 -

  • Production

    ANDERSON, A.L., 1947, USGS BULL. 944-C.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Steigner, William D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1976 Siefken, Robert R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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