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Little Giant Mine

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Lead, Zinc
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071544
MRDS ID W014992
MAS/MILS ID 0160490232
Record type Site
Current site name Little Giant Mine
Alternate or previous names Trinity, Unity

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.68178, 45.26157 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Relative position .25 MI SSW OF WARREN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Warren(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Chamberlain(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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 022N 006E 11,12,13,14 SWNWSE (11) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 300 Ft Above Warren In Smith Gulch

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Gouge, Cu - Carbonate Stains
  • (Local) Gouge
  • (Local) Staining

Analytical data

Result 1 VEIN SAMPLE GAVE 18% WO3 - AVE CONTENT EST AT 4 - 5% WO3 ACROSS 8 INCH VEIN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Dikes-Lamprophyre
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Dikes-Lamprophyre
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.68178, 45.26157
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Brecciation
Structure description Brecciation, Striation, 3 Faults
Type of structure Local
Structure name Striation
Type of structure Local
Structure name Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike S 79 DEG E
    Dip 55 DEG S
    Thickness 0.2M
    Length 609.6M
    Width 0.2M
    Depth to bottom 57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joints

Comments on the geologic information

  • 1 Set Joints Ave Trend N 80 Deg E, Ave Dip 60 Deg E; Second Set Ave Trend N 10 Deg W, Ave Dip 53 Deg E.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1862
Discoverer James Warren
Year of first production 1883

Mining district

District name Warren District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Unity Gold Production Co.

Comments on the production information

  • Total Production Value $350,000. Yearly Production From 16 - 400 Tons.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 70.1M

Comments on development

  • Unity Mine Also On Little Giant Vein, See 275-A

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Reed, J. C., 1937, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Warren Mining District, Idaho County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 45, 65 P.

  • Production

    Reed, J. C., 1937, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 45

  • Deposit

    Hobbs, S. W., 1964, Mineral Resource - Tungsten, In Mineral And Water Resources Of Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Spec. Rept. No. 1, P. 223 - 233.

  • Deposit

    Hill, W. H., 1896, The Little Giant Mine At Warren, Idaho: Eng. Mining Jour., V. 62, P. 416

  • Deposit

    Livingston, D. C., 1919, Tungsten, Cinnabar, Manganese, Molybdenum, And Tin Deposits Of Idaho: Univ. Of Idaho Bulletin No. 2, V. 14, 72 P.

  • Deposit

    1919 Recon Univ. Of Idaho Bulletin No. 2, V. 14

  • Deposit

    1937 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 45

  • Deposit

    1964 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Spec. Rept. No. 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Mine On Little Giant Vein. Other Parallel Veins

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 28-MAR-1995 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

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