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Black Carbonate Claim Mine

Past Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070614
MRDS ID W013619
Record type Site
Current site name Black Carbonate Claim Mine
Related records 10144164

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.60512, 43.86879 (WGS84)
Elevation 2865
Relative position 2 1/2 MI. ESE 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

Easley Hot Springs(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)

Hemingway-Boulders Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 016E 08 Idaho

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES AVERAGED 11.4 OZ AG/TON, 3.5% PB, 4.7% ZN, AND TRACE GOLD AND COPPER.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Wood River Formation-Quartzite
    Rock description Wood River Formation-Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.60512, 43.86879
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 44 DEG. E.
    Dip 30 DEG. SE
    Thickness 0.46M
    Length 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Galena District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ONLY A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF POTENTIAL RESOURCES CAN BE ESTIMATED BECAUSE OF LIMITED EXPOSURES.

Comments on development

  • PATENTED IN 1903

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

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