Blue Jacket Mine

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc
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. 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. Mineral rights holdings
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070211
MRDS ID W012961
MAS/MILS ID 0160490352
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Jacket Mine
Alternate or previous names Red Oxide, Extension, Dixie, No. 1 Ore, Baltimore No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.4482, 45.56017 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position 11 1/4 MI. N. W. OF RIGGINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kirkwood Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hells Canyon(hydrologic unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wallowa-Whitman 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 Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 026N 001W 27,34 C S2S2 (27) Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching
  • (Local) Sericitization
  • (Local) Silicification
  • (Local) Pyritization

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES FROM CROSSCUT LEVEL AVERAGED 1.2% CU
Result SAMPLES ABOVE CROSSCUT LEVEL AVERAGED 3.9% CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Seven Devils Volcanics-Andesite
    Rock description Seven Devils Volcanics-Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.4482, 45.56017

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 50 DEG. E.
    Dip 90 DEG

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faulting
  • Folding
  • Fracturing

Comments on the geologic information

  • The Rocks Strike N 30-50 Deg. E And Dip 45 Deg. S.E.

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 Crooks Corral District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Consolidated Mines Syndicate

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1402.08M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on development

  • 7 Patented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    Wagner, W. R., 1945, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 74, 16 P.

  • Deposit

    Wagner, W. R., 1945; A Geological Reconnaissance Between The Snake And Salmon Rivers North Of Riggins, Id: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 74, 16 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 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.

External references