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Kentuck Mine

Occurrence in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Zinc, 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 10070051
MRDS ID W007916
Record type Site
Current site name Kentuck Mine
Related records 10265223

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.25317, 43.89458 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position 2 3/4 MI SW OF HORSESHOE BEND, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Montour(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Payette(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 007N 002E 32 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • S OF THE PAYETTE R. JUST W. OF THE NELLIE MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Rock unit name Diorite, Dacite, Granite Porphyry
    Rock description Diorite, Dacite, Granite Porphyry
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.25317, 43.89458
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS, SEAMS, LENSES
    Thickness 2.74M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Horseshoe Bend District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE LONG CROSSCUT TUNNEL AND OTHER LEVELS, INACCESSIBLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, ALFRED L., 1934, GEOLOGY OF THE PEARL - HORSESHOE BEND GOLD BELT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPH 41, P. 33

  • Deposit

    1934 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAM. 4

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Steigner, William D. U.S. Geological Survey

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