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Edna Mine

Past Producer in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Zinc, Lead
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069857
MRDS ID W007586
Record type Site
Current site name Edna Mine
Related records 10256838

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.63905, 43.98048 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 4 MI NE OF PILOT PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sunset Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Idaho City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North and Middle Forks Boise(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 008N 007E 33 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON N. SIDE EDNA CR. NEAR THE MAIN HIGHWAY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Miargyrite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Scorodite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Dikes-Rhyolite Porphyry, Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Dikes-Rhyolite Porphyry, Quartz Monzonite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.63905, 43.98048
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 70 DEG E
    Dip 70 DEG SE
    Length 60.96M
    Width 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Boise Basin District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Edna Mines Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 335.28M
    Overall depth 106.68M

Comments on development

  • 1 PATENTED, 8 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. 314

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1947, USGS BULL. 944 - C, P. 314

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

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