Franklin Mine

Past Producer in Elmore county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089042
MRDS ID W007877
Record type Site
Current site name Franklin Mine
Alternate or previous names Objective

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.31923, 43.46299 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position 2 MI N OF PINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elmore(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mountain Home(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Boise(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Boise 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 Elmore

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 002N 010E 18 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation; Mn, Fe Stains

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS GIVE 0.00 - 0.84 OZ AU/TON, 0.2 - 3.6 OZ AG/TON, 0.0 - 0.6% PB, 0.0 - 0.4% ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Rhyolite, Diorite, Diabase Dikes;Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite
    Rock description Rhyolite, Diorite, Diabase Dikes;Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.31923, 43.46299

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, STRINGERS
    Strike N 20 DEG W
    Dip STEEPLY E
    Length 541.02M
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pine District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. P. Chattin
    First year 1909

Comments on the production information

  • $750,000 TOTAL PRODUCTION BY 1925.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 2 ESTIMATED VALUE ABOUT $400000.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 137.16M

Comments on development

  • 2 PATENTED QUARTZ CLAIMS, 10 - STAMP MILL ; ECON.COM: MILL DESTROYED BY FIRE IN 1908.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BALLARD, S. M., 1928, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ROCKY BAR QUADRANGLE: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAM. 26, P. 18.

  • Deposit

    MOORE, F.C., 1910, ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1909.

  • Deposit

    1928 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAM. 2

  • Production

    BALLARD, S. M., 1928, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAM. 26, P. 18

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DIKES STRIKE NE AND ARE CUT BY THE MINERALIZED FISSURES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 Steigner, William D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1976 Siefken, Robert R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references