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Irondollar Mine

Past Producer in Gem county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070000
MRDS ID W007829
MAS/MILS ID 0160450069
Record type Site
Current site name Irondollar Mine
Alternate or previous names Iron Dollar, Lavan Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.30677, 43.85768 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position JUST N. OF THE E. END OF PEARL, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gem(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pearl(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Boise(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Gem

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006N 001E 14 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • A Short Distance E. Of The Easter Mine

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE OF GOOD ORE GAVE 2.5 OZ AU/TON AND 7.15 OZ AG/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Porphyry Dikes;Idaho Batholith-Quartz Diorite
    Rock description Porphyry Dikes;Idaho Batholith-Quartz Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.30677, 43.85768
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 71 DEG W
    Dip 60 DEG N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name West View District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • Short Tunnels And Surface Cuts

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Lindgren, Waldemar, 1897, The Mining Districts Of The Idaho Basin And The Boise Ridge, Idaho: USGS 18th Ann. Rept., Pt Iii, P. 715

  • Production

    Lindgren, W., 1897, USGS 18th Ann. Rept., Pt. Iii, P. 715.

  • Deposit

    Mines And Prospects Of The Boise Quad, IBMG Mines And Prospects Map Series, V.E. Mitchell, Et Al.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Steigner, William D. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 09-OCT-1990 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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