Cracker Jack Mine

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071638
MRDS ID W015139
MAS/MILS ID 0160490124
Record type Site
Current site name Cracker Jack Mine
Alternate or previous names Crackerjack

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.66958, 45.61797 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 2.5 MI NNE OF CONCORD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buffalo Hump(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elk City(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

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 026N 006E 01 W2 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Near Head Of Lake Creek, S. Of Calendar, And About 1000 Ft Above It.; N. Of Dice Group

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification
  • (Local) Gouge
  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result SOME TAILINGS AVG. $6 - $7 AU/TO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Schist (Xenoliths)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.66958, 45.61797

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Brecciation
Structure description Brecciation

Ore body information

  • Strike N 18 DEG E
    Dip 80 DEG NW
    Thickness 7.62M
    Width 18.29M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

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 Buffalo Hump District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Howard, J. H.

Comments on the production information

  • 1903 Value $11500

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 548.64M

Comments on development

  • 20 - Stamp Mill

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 12-OCT-1990 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references