Grover Crocker Mine

Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, 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. 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 10070641
MRDS ID W013657
Record type Site
Current site name Grover Crocker Mine
Alternate or previous names Queen Bess
Related records 10240765

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.2933, 43.4792 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 2 MI. NW OF BELLEVUE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bellevue(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fairfield(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 002N 018E 27 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • SW EDGE OF FLOOR OF BIG WOOD RIVER VALLEY. JUST ABOVE MOUTH OF MAMMOTH GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.2933, 43.4792

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SEAMS, BUNCHES AND IRREGULAR NESTS
    Strike N 80 DEG. W.
    Dip SW
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mineral Hill District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sawtooth Silver And Explor.

Comments on the production information

  • $60,000 IN EARLY DAYS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 85.95M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 TUNNELS; ONE TUNNEL WAS 282 FT. LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., AND OTHERS, 1950, DETAILED GEOLOGY OF CERTAIN AREAS IN THE MINERAL HILL AND WARM SPRINGS MINING DISTRICTS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 90, 73 P.

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J. B., AND OTHERS, 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE WOOD RIVER REGION, IDAHO, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE MINNIE MOORE AND NEAR-BY MINES: USGS BULL. 814, P. 1-245.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1930 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY, J. B., BULL. 814

  • Deposit

    1949 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 90

  • Production

    ANDERSON, A. L., AND OTHERS, 1950, ID. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 90

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-02-01 Steigner, William D.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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