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Le Grande Group Mine

Past Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070677
MRDS ID W013708
Record type Site
Current site name Le Grande Group Mine
Related records 10289916

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.40011, 43.53549 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position ABOUT 5 MI. NW OF HAILEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mahoney Butte(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 002N 017E 02 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE FROM ONE VEIN REPORTED TO HAVE ASSAYED 9 OZ. AU/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Latite And Hornblende Andesite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Latite And Hornblende Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.40011, 43.53549
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip STEEP E.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mineral Hill District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Floyd Wilson And Assoc.

Production statistics

  • Year 1923
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^45.9 % Pb, 6.4 % Fe, .09 Oz/Ton Au, 146.6 Oz/Ton Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 46wt-pct
    Ore Iron Iron 6wt-pct
    Ore Gold Gold 3g/mt
    Ore Silver Silver 4139g/mt
  • Year 1923
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^58.2 % Pb, 4.4 % Fe, .09 Oz/Ton Au, 204.6 Oz/Ton Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 58wt-pct
    Ore Iron Iron 4wt-pct
    Ore Gold Gold 3g/mt
    Ore Silver Silver 5777g/mt
  • Year 1923
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^10.4 % Pb, 8.9 % Fe, .085 Oz/Ton Au, 46 Oz/Ton Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Lead Lead 10wt-pct
    Ore Iron Iron 9wt-pct
    Ore Gold Gold 2g/mt
    Ore Silver Silver 1299g/mt

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHORT BRANCHING TUNNELS AND SOME SHALLOW OPEN CUTS

Comments on development

  • 6 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

    1930 GEOLMAP J. B. UMPLEBY AND OTHERS, BULL. 81

  • Production

    UMPLEBY, J. B., AND OTHERS, 1930, USGS BULL. 814

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LODES RANGE IN STRIKE FROM N. 30 DEG. E. TO N. 25 DEG. W.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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