| Deposit ID | 10069884 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W007636 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Crescent Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Birmingham |
| Related records | 10290528 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -116.76627, 42.93068 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1890 |
| Relative position | 6.25 MI SSW OF SILVER CITY |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Owyhee(county)
Idaho(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Flint(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Triangle(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Jordan Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Jordan(hydrologic unit)
Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)
Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Idaho | Owyhee |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boise | 006S | 004W | 02,01 | Idaho |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Argentite | Ore |
| Miargyrite | Ore |
| Naumannite | Ore |
| Polybasite | Ore |
| Pyrargyrite | Ore |
| Stephanite | Ore |
| Stromeyerite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | DUMP SAMPLES AVERAGED 40.9 OZ. AG/TON |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Silver City Granite-Granodiorite | ||||||
| Rock description | Silver City Granite-Granodiorite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -116.76627, 42.93068 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 15 DEG W |
| Dip | 75 DEG E |
| Width | 1.52M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1875 |
| Discoverer | Relocated 1921 By A. And H. Birmingham |
| District name | Flint District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Productive Mines Ltd. ( 1952 ) |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 152.4M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W007636 | |
| Idaho Geological Survey | Idaho Mines and Prospects | IMP | JV__30 | http://www.idahogeology.org/ |
PIPER, A. M., AND LANEY, F. B., 1926, GEOLOGY AND METALLIFEROUS RESOURCES OF THE REGION ABOUT SILVER CITY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 11, 165 P.
MC DOWELL, G. A., 1952 , 54TH ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1952.
1926 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 11
1944 DIREXPL GLACIER SILVER LEAD MIN. CO.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1870'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1975 | Miller, Pat J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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