Banner Mine

Past Producer in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070958
MRDS ID W014118
Record type Site
Current site name Banner Mine
Related records 10217219

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.53345, 44.01908 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 20 MI. NE IDAHO CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lowman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deadwood River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North and Middle Forks Boise(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Boise 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 Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008N 008E 20 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

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) -115.53345, 44.01908

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 182.88M
    Width 0.76M
    Depth to bottom 182.88M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Banner District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Silver Chief Mining Co.

Comments on development

  • 25 STAMP PAN PROCESS MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BELL, R. N., 1918, NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1917.

  • Deposit

    1918 COMPILE 19TH ANN. IDAHO STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S REPT., 1917

  • Deposit

    1975 COMPILE USBM, MINING ACTIVITY LIST, 1974

  • Production

    BELL, R. N., 1918, 19TH ANNUAL REPORT OF STATE MINE INSPECTOR

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.

External references