Bay State Group Mine

Past Producer in Owyhee county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, 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. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069891
MRDS ID W007650
Record type Site
Current site name Bay State Group Mine
Alternate or previous names Ill., Tenn., Mass., Mich. Claims. Parts of Wash., Id., And Oregon Claims
Related records 10217415

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.93127, 42.75658 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Relative position 21 MI SSW OF SILVER CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Williams Creek(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Owyhee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008S 005W 04 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Ilvaite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized Upper Layers

Analytical data

Result ORE SAMPLE ASSAYED 10% PB, 18. OZ. AG, $3 AU, AND 8% ZN ( 1906 )
Result IN 1872 , VALUES AVG $60 - 80/TON AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Basalt Unit-Basalt;Silver City Granite-Granodiorite
    Rock description Basalt Unit-Basalt;Silver City Granite-Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Al Limestone, Limestone
    Rock description Al Lst, Lst

Nearby scientific data

(1) Metasedimentary rocks.

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 50 DEG E
    Dip 50 DEG NW
    Length 30.48M
    Width 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure, Fracture

Comments on the geologic information

  • AGE OF LIMESTONE AND SCHIST IS UNKNOWN, PRE CRET.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1868

Mining district

District name South Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Vida Consolidated Mines
    First year 1926

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on development

  • PATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SORENSON, R. E., 1927, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTH MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICT, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 22, 47 P

  • Deposit

    1927 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SECOND VEIN STRIKES N 67 DEG E, DIPS VERTICALLY
Deposit DIORITE IS MEDIUM GRAINED, GRAY, WHICH CARRIES AN EXCESS OF HORNBLENDE OVER BIOTITE. LIMESTONE IS WHITE AND MARBLEIZED, BLOCKEY STRUCTURE, WITH DARK LINES OF SILICA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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