Columbia, Myrtie & Frankie Claims Mine

Past Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Antimony, Copper
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. 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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070796
MRDS ID W013887
Record type Site
Current site name Columbia, Myrtie & Frankie Claims Mine
Related records 10168277

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.87953, 43.86129 (WGS84)
Elevation 2172
Relative position 40 MI. FROM KETCHUM AND SUN VALLEY, 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 013E 12 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • N. SIDE OF BEAVER CREEK, .5 MI. NW OF SILVER KING

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Proustite Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericite

Analytical data

Result A DEPOSIT IN THE MYRTIE TUNNEL ASSAYED 328 - 405 OZ. AG/TON.

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) -114.87953, 43.86129

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, LENSES, PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N
    Dip 40 DEG N
    Length 13.72M
    Width 7.62M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1882

Mining district

District name Sawtooth District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Viola Daw

Comments on the production information

  • $50,000 SHIPPED DIRECT; $60,000 RAN THROUGH COLUMBIA MILL PRIOR TO 1900.

Comments on development

  • 5 PATENTED AND 1 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CHOATE, R., 1961, COLUMBIA, MYRTIE, AND FRANKIE CLAIMS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPORT.

  • Deposit

    BALLARD, S. M., 1922, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF ALTURAS QUADRANGLE, BLAINE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 5, 33 P.

  • Deposit

    1922 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 5

  • Deposit

    1961 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPT.

  • Production

    CHOATE, R., 1961, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRIKE TRENDS FROM N 80 DEG E TO N 80 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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