S and B Group Mine

Occurrence in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold, 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071733
MRDS ID W015268
Record type Site
Current site name S and B Group Mine
Related records 10144775

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.08095, 45.15678 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 12.5 MI NE OF BIG CREEK (TOWN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Acorn Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork Salmon(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)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N 011E 14 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON W SLOPE OF ACORN CREEK VALLEY LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE CONTAINED TRACE AU, AG, CU, PB. SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.17 OZ AG/TON, 3.2% CU. TRACE AU, 0.07 OZ AG/TON IN SECOND SAMPLE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Yellowjacket Formation-Mica Schist, Phyllite, Argillaceous Quartzite;Ramey Ridge Equivalent-Amphibolite
    Rock description Yellowjacket Formation-Mica Schist, Phyllite, Argillaceous Quartzite;Ramey Ridge Equivalent-Amphibolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.08095, 45.15678

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 DEG E
    Dip 25 DEG N
    Length 45.72M
    Width 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1937
Discoverer R. Scott; P. Beal

Mining district

District name Big Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FEW THOUSAND TONS MAY BE AVAILABLE IF VEIN EXTENDS BETWEEN PITS

Comments on development

  • 3 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1304, 431 P

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON F. W. CATER AND OTHERS, BULL. 130

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO OTHER VEINS STRIKE N 40 DEG E, AND N 20 DEG W, TRACED 47 FT AND 39 FT, RESPECTIVELY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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