Bullion Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071493
MRDS ID W014917
MAS/MILS ID 0160490080
Record type Site
Current site name Bullion Mine
Alternate or previous names Boullion, Sungold Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.58288, 45.72847 (WGS84)
Elevation 1722
Relative position 7 MI SSE OF FALL CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orogrande(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nez Perce-Clearwater 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 Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 028N 007E 27, 34 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • A Few Hundred Yards South Of The Una
  • Msha Reported Mine To Be 6 Miles South Of Florence On The Scott Williams Road.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result TAILINGS ASSAYED $0.90/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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.58288, 45.72847

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 90 DEG
    Width 0.76M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Orogrande District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Nez Perce National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner D. E. Mulcahy
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mine Services Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1978
    First year 1978

Comments on the production information

  • Value Item 8 $236

Comments on the workings information

  • Adit Drift, Stopes

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Lorain, S. H., 1938, Gold Mining And Milling In Idaho County: USBM Inf. Circ. 7039, 90 P, P. 47

  • Production

    Lorain, S. H., 1938, USBM Inf. Circ. 7039, 90 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-76 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-DEC-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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