Ida Elmore Mine

Past Producer in Owyhee county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089036
MRDS ID W007702
Record type Site
Current site name Ida Elmore Mine
Related records 10169273

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.69707, 43.00928 (WGS84)
Elevation 2280
Relative position 750 FEET SOUTH OF ORO FINO ON WAR EAGLE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murphy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Snake-Succor(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 005S 003W 09 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BELOW THE 300 FT. DEPTH, ORE AVERAGED $20 TO $30/TON.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AT DEPTH OF 220 FT., AU:AG RATIO WAS 1: 7.3 BY WEIGHT

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) -116.69707, 43.00928

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Cemented Breccia

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 4 DEG W
    Dip 80 DEG E
    Thickness 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Intersecting Vein Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865
Year of first production 1866

Mining district

District name French District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • $341,000 MINED IN 1869; $22,000 MINED IN 1872; TOTAL PRODUCTION OF $1,500,000.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 350.52M

Comments on development

  • MINE CLOSED IN 1875 ; ECON.COM: ORE IN 1870 AVERAGED $101.5 A TON

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., 1898, THE GOLD AND SILVER VEINS OF SILVER CITY, DELAMAR AND OTHER MINING DISTRICTS IN IDAHO: 20TH ANN. REPORT, U.S.G.S., P. 75-205 (PART 3).

  • Deposit

    ASHER, R. R., 1968, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF A PORTION OF THE SILVER CITY REGION, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 138, 106 P.

  • Deposit

    PIPER, A. M., AND LANEY, F. B., 1926, GEOLOGY AND METALLIFEROUS RESOURCES OF THE REGION ABOUT SILVER CITY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 11, 165 P.

  • Deposit

    RAYMOND, R. W., 1870, STATISTICS OF MINES AND MINING IN THE STATES AND TERR. WEST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, 41ST, CONGRESS, 2ND, SESSION, HOUSE OF REP. EX. DOC. #207 P. 805

  • Deposit

    1898 COMPILE W LINDGREN 20TH ANN REPORT

  • Deposit

    1926 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 11

  • Deposit

    1968 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 138

  • Production

    LINDGREN, W., 1898 , USGS 20TH ANN. REPT., PT. 3 . RAYMOND, R. W., 1870 - 1874 , 41ST, 42ND, 43RD CONGRESSES, HOUSE OF REP. EX. DOCS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODIES MAY RAKE TO THE S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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