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Mineral Zone Mine

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Zinc, Copper, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Mineral rights holdings
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071611
MRDS ID W015102
MAS/MILS ID 0160490043
Record type Site
Current site name Mineral Zone Mine
Alternate or previous names Colonel Sellers, Colonel

Comments on the site identification

  • Property May Be Part Of The Mineral Zone Project Exploration Area Held By Idaho Consolidated Metals Corp.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.42658, 45.85127 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Relative position 1.5 MI N OF ELK CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elk City(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

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 Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 029N 008E 14 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Dike-Aplite;Granite;Dike-Pegmatite
    Rock description Dike-Aplite;Granite;Dike-Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Schist And Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.42658, 45.85127
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 60 DEG W
    Dip 60 DEG N
    Width 53.34M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone; Contact Between Schist And Gneiss

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Mining method Dredging
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Hydromet
Milling method Gravity

Mining district

District name Elk City District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jongault Mines, Inc.
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Idaho Consolidated Metals Corp. (ICMC)
    Interest 100
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1996
    First year 1996

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings At 100 And 150 Ft

Comments on development

  • 9 Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    Idaho Consolidated Metals Corporation, News Release.

  • Deposit

    Shenon, P. J., And Reed, J. C., 1934, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Elk City, Orogrande, Buffalo Hump, And Tenmile Districts, Idaho County, Idaho: USGS Circ. 9, 89 P.

  • Deposit

    Shenon, P. J., And Reed, J. C., 1934, Geology Of The Elk City Mining District, Idaho: Am. Inst. Mining And Metall. Engineers Tech. Pub. 562, 22 P.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    Bell, R. N., 1907, Eight Annual Rept. Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1906

  • Deposit

    5) Griner, W. C., 1975, Seventy-First Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1973-1974, 98 P.

  • Deposit

    1907 Compile State Mine Inspector'S Annual Report

  • Deposit

    1934 Recon P. J. Shenon And J. C. Reed, Circ. 9

  • Deposit

    1938 Recon USBM Inf. Circ. 7039

  • Deposit

    1975 Compile State Mine Inspector'S Annual Rept.

  • Production

    Shenon, P. J., And Reed, J. C., 1934, USGS Circ. 9

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-74 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 16-MAY-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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