Pauper Vein 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069906
MRDS ID W007680
Record type Site
Current site name Pauper Vein Mine
Related records 10217653

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.72236, 43.00127 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position ABOUT 1.5 MI SE 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

Silver City(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 003W 08 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT .75 MI SW OF WAR EAGLE SUMMIT ON SILVER CORD GULCH; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = BOISE 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VEIN THOUGHT TO BE BRANCH OF POORMAN VEIN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE WORTH $33 A TON TO 1870.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Silver City Granite-Granodiorite
    Rock description Silver City Granite-Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.72236, 43.00127

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N - S
    Dip 90 DEG

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
Discovery year 1875

Mining district

District name French District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • ORE PRODUCED IN 1875 WAS 4 TONS, CONTAINING $448 IN GOLD AND $209 IN SILVER. $1,200 WORTH WAS MINED IN 1869.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., 1898, THE GOLD AND SILVER VEINS OF SILVER CITY, DELAMAR AND OTHER MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO: 20TH ANN. REPORT, U.S.G.S., P. 75-205 (PT. 3).

  • Deposit

    RAYMOND, R. W., 1870, 41ST CONGRESS, 2ND SESS., HOUSE OF REP. EX. DOC. NO. 207, P. 233 - 247. RAYMOND, R. W., 1873, 42ND CONGRESS, 3RD SESS., HOUSE OF REP. EX. DOC. NO. 210, P.189 - 205.

  • Deposit

    1898 COMPILE W. LINDGREN 20TH ANN. REP

  • Production

    LINDGREN, W., 1898, USGS 20TH ANN. REPT., PT. 3, P. 75-205.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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