Blue Jacket Mine

Past Producer in Adams county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Tungsten
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. Mineral rights holdings
  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 10070210
MRDS ID W012960
MAS/MILS ID 0160030005
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Jacket Mine
Alternate or previous names Bucket, Blue Jacket-Queen Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.6404, 45.12627 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 3 1/2 MI. N.E. OF CUPRUM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Adams(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

White Monument(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Riggins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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 Adams

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N 003W 25 SWNESE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Covellite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Garnet Gangue

Analytical data

Result (1901) SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF HIGH - GRADE ORE CONTAINED 40% CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite
    Rock description Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Martin Bridge Limestone-Limestone;Tactite
    Rock description Martin Bridge Limestone-Limestone;Tactite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.6404, 45.12627

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS
    Strike N 50 DEG W
    Dip 70 DEG NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • Large Body Of Carboniferous Limestone Included In Mass Of Cret. Granodiorite.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1887
Discoverer Charles Walker
Year of first production 1897

Mining district

District name Seven Devils District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner John Rogers

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 106.68M
    Overall depth 94.49M

Comments on development

  • 2 Claims Patented

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Livingston, D. C., And Laney, F. B., 1920, The Copper Deposits Of The Seven Devils And Adjacent Districts: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin 1, P. 71 - 73

  • Deposit

    1920 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol., Bulletin 1

  • Production

    Livingston, D. C., And Laney, F. B., 1920, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin 1, P. 72.

  • Deposit

    11th Annual Report, Mining Industry Of Idaho, P. 127.

  • Deposit

    13th Annual Report, Mining Industry Of Idaho, P. 19.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: LATE 1880'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 12-MAY-1995 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references