Banner Mine

Past Producer in Owyhee county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, 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. 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 10069892
MRDS ID W007651
Record type Site
Current site name Banner Mine
Alternate or previous names Tip Top
Related records 10217370

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.75517, 43.00908 (WGS84)
Elevation 2309
Relative position 1.5 MI W 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

De Lamar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murphy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(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 005S;005S 004W;003W 01;07 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON SE SIDE OF FLORIDA MOUNTAIN ON LONG GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization; Clay Seams; Kaolin

Analytical data

Result AVG VALUE OF TIP TOP ORE $16/TON
Result ALTERED RHYOLITE NEAR VEIN CARRIES TRACE TO 0.35 OZ AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Owyhee Volcanics-Rhyolite, Basalt, Latite;Cret-Tert
    Rock description Owyhee Volcanics-Rhyolite, Basalt, Latite;Cret-Tert
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • 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 > Latite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.75517, 43.00908

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 7 DEG E
    Dip 75 DEG E
    Length 1828.8M
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Carson District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Banner Min. And Mlg. Co.
    First year 1972

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 3352.8M
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 5 ADITS AND A WINZE

Comments on development

  • 10 PATENTED, 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1962

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHER, R. R., 1968, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF A PORTION OF THE SILVER CITY REGION, OWYHEE COUNTY, ID.: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 138, 106 P.

  • Deposit

    FLETCHER, G. D., 1962 , 63RD ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1962

  • Deposit

    PANSZE, A. J., JR., 1975 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SILVER CITY-DELAMAR-FLINT REGION, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 161 , 79 P.

  • Deposit

    1939 DIREXPL MORRISON - KNUDSEN CO, INC.

  • Deposit

    1968 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 138

  • Deposit

    1968 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 161

  • Production

    ASHER, R. R., 1968 , IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 138

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GIVEN ATTITUDE ON VEIN IN TIP TOP AREA
Deposit CONSOLIDATED WITH THE TIP TOP IN 1934

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 Benjamin, David A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references