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June Day Mine

Past Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Zinc
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070590
MRDS ID W013586
Record type Site
Current site name June Day Mine
Alternate or previous names Noon Day Mine, Starlight Tunnel
Related records 10216637

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.30591, 43.68319 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position 3 MI E OF KETCHUM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Wood(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 004N 018E 15 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR MOUTH OF PARKER GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result QUARTZITIC WALL ROCK ASSAYED $6 AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Milligen Form.-Limestone, Argillite
    Rock description Milligen Form.-Limestone, Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.30591, 43.68319
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description June Day Fault Strikes N 59 Deg W And Dips 65 Deg Ne.

Ore body information

  • General form SEAMS
    Strike N 20 DEG W
    Dip 53 DEG NE
    Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone, Brecciation

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE WOOD RIVER FORMATION HAS BEEN METAMORPHOSED IN PLACES TO A TACTITE WITH SOME QUARTZITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Warm Springs District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 8 PRODUCED FROM 1940-1945 AND IN 1947; ITEMS 9 AND 10 PRODUCED FROM 1911-1913 AND IN 1915

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS AND SEVERAL THOUSAND FT. OF TUNNELS ON SIX LEVELS

Comments on development

  • JUNE DAY AND GEM CLAIMS AND HALF INTEREST IN PATENTED NOONDAY CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., AND OTHERS, 1950, DETAILED GEOLOGY OF CERTAIN AREAS IN THE MINERAL HILL AND WARM SPRINGS MINING DISTRICT: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 90, P. 54

  • Deposit

    1949 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 9

  • Production

    ANDERSON, A. L., AND OTHERS, 1950: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 90

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1976 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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