Van Meter Group

Occurrence in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069868
MRDS ID W007607
Record type Site
Current site name Van Meter Group
Related records 10168597

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.82735, 43.9996 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 4 1/2 MI SSW OF CARPENTER RANCH

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 008N 005E 26 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 2 MI SOUTH OF GOLDEN AGE MINE AND 1 MI. E OF THE MISSOURI; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = HAILEY 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Quartz Diorite Porphyry;Rhyolite Porphyry;Basic Dike
    Rock description Quartz Diorite Porphyry;Rhyolite Porphyry;Basic Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.82735, 43.9996

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEVERAL PROMINENT FISSURES CROSS THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Boise Basin ; Grimes Pass District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BALLARD, S. M., 1924, GEOLOGY AND GOLD RESOURCES OF BOISE BASIN, BOISE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 9, 103 P

  • Deposit

    1924 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES BULL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1975 Moody, Ula L. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.