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Smith Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089051
MRDS ID W007901
MAS/MILS ID 0160450009
Record type Site
Current site name Smith Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.31067, 43.85428 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 1/4 MI ESE OF PEARL, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gem(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pearl(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Boise(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 Gem

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006N 001E 14 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • North Side Of Willow Cr.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitized
  • (Local) Pyritized

Analytical data

Result HAND - SORTED ORE: $80/TON (AU)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Diorite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.31067, 43.85428
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 70 DEG W
    Dip 50 DEG N
    Length 45.72M
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original alteration entry:
    Local - Sericitized, Pyritized

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 West View District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • Some Hand - Sorted Ore Was Shipped At $80/Ton

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 Tunnels

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, Alfred L., 1934, Geology Of The Pearl - Horseshoe Bend Gold Belt, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 41, P. 2

  • Production

    Anderson, A. L., 1934, Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 41, P. 29

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Strike Of Lodes Varies N 70 - 85 Deg W, Dip Varies 50 - 70 Deg N

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Steigner, William D. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 02-JAN-1997 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

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