Old Grandad Mine

Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, 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. 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. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070601
MRDS ID W013602
Record type Site
Current site name Old Grandad Mine
Alternate or previous names Bonnie Bell
Related records 10216868

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.87733, 43.84599 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Relative position 11 MI. WSW OF GALENA, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marshall Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 006N;006N 014E;013E 06,07,18;12,13 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON S. SIDE OF BEAVER CREEK JUST S. OF THE OLD SILVER KING MINE AND ACROSS CREEK FROM PRIDE OF THE WEST LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES TAKEN BY OWNER HAVE YIELDED AS HIGH AS 300 OZ. AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.87733, 43.84599

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sawtooth District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Reed Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNT OF HAND SORTED ORE.

Comments on development

  • 11 CLAIMS (OLD GRANDAD GROUP) FORMERLY CALLED THE BONNIE BELL CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM, 1975, ACTIVITY OF IDAHO MINING PROPERTIES, 1974, USBM, BOISE, IDAHO, 61 P.

  • Deposit

    GREEN, W. R., 1967, OLD GRANDAD: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPORT.

  • Deposit

    IDAHO DEPT. OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, JULY 1974 - JUNE 1975, FIRST ANNUAL REPORT ADDENDUM, 95 P.

  • Deposit

    1967 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPT.

  • Deposit

    1975 COMPILE IDAHO DEPT. LABOR ANN. REPT.

  • Deposit

    1975 COMPILE USBM, MINING ACTIVITY LIST

  • Production

    GREEN, W. R., 1967, OLD GRANDAD: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPORT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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.