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Silver Hills Mine

Past Producer in Cassia county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Copper, Antimony
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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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070363
MRDS ID W013255
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Hills Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.07365, 42.09492 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 11 MI. N.E. OF STREVELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cassia(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Pine Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Curlew Valley(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth 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 Cassia

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 015S 029E 26 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR CREST OF THE RIDGE BETWEEN BLACK PINE CANYON AND EAST DRY FORK ON BLACK PINE SIDE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Jamesonite Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result ASSAY MADE SHOWS THE FOLLOWING VALUES: 0.03 OZ AU, 42.4 OZ AG, 3.6% PB, 1.2% CU, 8.4% ZN, AND 4.5% ANTIMONY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Brazer Form.; Limestone, Shale
    Rock description Brazer Form.; Limestone, Shale

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, STRINGERS, LENSES, PINCHES
    Strike N 85 DEG W
    Dip 70 DEG N
    Width 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures, Faults, Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONES TREND ABOUT N 75 DEG W, DIP ABOUT 16 DEG N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1894

Mining district

District name Black Pine District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Silver Hills Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF AG-PB-ZN ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1894. SOME ORE WAS SHIPPED ABOUT 1894.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 914.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • VEIN MAY BE TRACED FOR HUNDREDS OF FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1931, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EASTERN CASSIA COUNTY, ID.: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 14, 169 P

  • Deposit

    1931 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 1

  • Production

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1931, ID BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 14

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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