Coin Bond Group Mine

Past Producer in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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. 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 10069869
MRDS ID W007609
Record type Site
Current site name Coin Bond Group Mine
Alternate or previous names Carroll - Driscoll Groups
Related records 10216722

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.97536, 43.96238 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 2 MI. NW 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 004E 10 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericite

Analytical data

Result $5-$15/TON AU
Result $2-$3/TON AG.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.97536, 43.96238

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 30 DEG E
    Dip 80 DEG SE
    Width 41.15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

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 Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Penn Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • $63,000 AU PRODUCED FROM SURFACE WORKINGS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 864.11M
    Overall depth 160M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF PERMANENTLY ABANDONED OLDER WORKINGS ; 2 TUNNELS

Comments on development

  • 34 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. 312

  • Deposit

    JONES, E.L.JR., 1916, LODE MINING IN THE QUARTZBURG AND GRIMES PASS PORPHYRY BELT, BOISE BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 640, P. 83-111.

  • Deposit

    1916 GEOLMAP JONES, E.L.JR., BULL. 640

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    ANDERSON, A. L. 1947, USGS BULL 944 - C, P. 312.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Steigner, William D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1976 Everett, Sandra E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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