Bruce Claim Group

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071972
MRDS ID W015766
MAS/MILS ID 160590402
Record type Site
Current site name Bruce Claim Group
Alternate or previous names Bruce - Stone Copper Group, Bruce Estate, Silver Consolidated Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.2742, 44.3775 (WGS84)
Elevation 2804
Relative position 21 MI S OF LEADORE, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gilmore(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Borah Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Birch(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 012N 027E 08, 17, 29 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Claims extend along mountain slope near summit for 2 mi S from Dry Gulch, plot is near N end of this 2 mi length

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized

Analytical data

Result ORE SAMPLED 2% CU, 2 OZ AG/TON, $1 AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Quartz Diorite
    Rock description Quartz Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Limestone
    Rock description Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.2742, 44.3775

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, CHIMNEY
    Length 60.96M
    Width 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture

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 Spring Mountain District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Targhee National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Snook, Quinton And Lois
    Interest 100
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1988

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Umpleby, J. B., 1913, Geology And Ore Deposits Of Lemhi County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 528, 104p.

  • Deposit

    Bell, R. N., 1908, Ninth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1907

  • Deposit

    1913 Geolmap Umpleby, J. B., Bulletin 528

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1975-07-01 Ortman, Dale; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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