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Ada Elmore Lode

Past Producer in Elmore county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
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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. 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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070042
MRDS ID W007895
Record type Site
Current site name Ada Elmore Lode
Alternate or previous names Pittsburg, Elmore

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.30764, 43.68988 (WGS84)
Elevation 1603
Relative position 3/4 MI. W. OF ROCKY BAR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elmore(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rocky Bar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Idaho City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Boise(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Boise National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Elmore

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 004N 010E 07 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE S. SIDE OF BEAR CR., NEAR THE CREEK BOTTOM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result ORE PRIOR TO 1881 AVERAGED $60/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith
    Rock description Idaho Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.30764, 43.68988
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 80 DEG W
    Dip 65 DEG N
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 83.82M
    Width 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1863

Mining district

District name Rocky Bar District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • BY 1881, $1,200,000 WORTH OF AU WAS RECOVERED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 975.36M
    Overall depth 99.06M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1943, GEOLOGY OF THE GOLD - BEARING LODES, ROCKY BAR DISTRICT, ELMORE CO., IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAM. 65 P. 25

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, W.R.T., 1939, THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ROCKY BAR DISTRICT, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO M.S. THESIS, 32 P.

  • Deposit

    1943 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAM. 6

  • Production

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1943, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAM. 65, P. 25

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 Steigner, William D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1976 Siefken, Robert R. U.S. Geological Survey

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