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East Creek Mine

Occurrence in Owyhee county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Antimony, Lead, Copper
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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. 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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078738
MRDS ID W027333
Record type Site
Current site name East Creek Mine
Related records 10192765

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.75377, 42.92708 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 17 MI ESE OF JORDAN VALLEY, ORE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Flint(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Triangle(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Jordan Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle 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 Owyhee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006S 004W 01 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG THE E SIDE OF THE E FK OF FLINT CR (EAST CR)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Silver City Granite-Granodiorite
    Rock description Silver City Granite-Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.75377, 42.92708
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip STEEPLY E
    Length 30.48M
    Width 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Flint District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Guess Huff

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GIVEN ASSAY IN ITEM 1 REPORTED BY OWNERS.

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL 50 FT BELOW VEIN OUTCROPS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GREEN, W. R., 1966 , EAST CREEK MINE: IDAHO BUR MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT., 2 P

  • Deposit

    1966 RECON BUNKER HILL

  • Deposit

    1966 RECON IDAHO BUR MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1977 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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