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Saunders Mine

Occurrence in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069865
MRDS ID W007603
Record type Site
Current site name Saunders Mine
Alternate or previous names Hiatt
Related records 10167978

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.91626, 43.97458 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Relative position 3 MI NE OF PLACERVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Placerville(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 007N 005E 06 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON A TRIBUTARY OF OPHIR CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericite

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) -115.91626, 43.97458
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 40 DEG E
    Dip 50 DEG NW
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Boise Basin District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL CUTS AND SHORT TUNNELS.

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. 312

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 GENERATIONS OF QUARTZ PRESENT, AU IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LESS PLENTIFUL, YOUNGER QUARTZ

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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