Valentine Mine

Past Producer in Cassia county in Idaho, United States with commodities Mercury, Gold, Silver, Lead
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070366
MRDS ID W013258
Record type Site
Current site name Valentine Mine
Alternate or previous names Ackerill, Anderson Property, Highland Mines, Ackerill Cinnabar Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -113.0375, 42.07426 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 9 3/4 MI. N.E. OF STREVELL. Should be located at prospect shown on topo in Sec. 35.

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 35 Idaho
Boise 016S 029E 3 W2NE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR EAST BASE OF THE BLACK PINE RANGE
  • LOCATED ON PROSPECT SYMBOL in sec. 35.
  • Location of Ackerill/Anderson in record 10168401 (was MAS 0160310056) given as T16S, R29E, Sec. 3, W2NE4. This may not be contiguous with the property in Sec. 35.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Realgar Gangue

Analytical data

Result A SAMPLE OF QUARTZ ASSAYED 0.05 OZ. IN AU AND 2.7 OZ IN AG PER TON.

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -113.0375, 42.07426

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CHIMNEY - LIKE, LENSES, STRINGERS
    Dip 30 DEG W
    Length 3.05M
    Width 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: HG ORE IS TAKEN FROM TOP OF A LIMESTONE BED BENEATH SHALE. CINNABAR WAS IN LEACHED ROCK COATING BARITE AND QUARTZ. CINNABAR IN TURN IS COATED BY SCORODITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Black Pine District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Valentine Cinnabar Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. R. Edison And Capt. A. N. Stephens, Jr.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 12.19M

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 & GEOL. BULL. 1

  • Deposit

    MERCURY IN IDAHO, 1965, USBM IC 8252

  • Deposit

    USBM DATA

  • Deposit

    WFOC PROPERTY FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1975-03-01 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2013-01-24 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record 10040398
Reporter 1973-10-01 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey MRDS M055157 = 10040398
Reporter 1983-11-14 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0160310056 = 10168401

Beyond USGS

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