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Friday Mine

Past Producer in Gem county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, 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. 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 10089053
MRDS ID W007906
MAS/MILS ID 0160450010
Record type Site
Current site name Friday Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.31537, 43.85018 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Relative position 1/2 MI SE 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Gem

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006N 001E 15, 22 S2SWSW (22) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • S. Of The Leviathan And Higher On The Valley Slope

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitized
  • (Local) Pyritized

Analytical data

Result SELECTED SAMPLES OF SULFIDES AND QUARTZ ASSAYED 0.36 OZ AU/TON, 17.8 OZ AG/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Dacite Porphyry Dikes;Idaho Batholith-Quartz Diorite
    Rock description Dacite Porphyry Dikes;Idaho Batholith-Quartz Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.31537, 43.85018
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Dip 90 DEG
    Thickness 2.44M

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Felix Min. Co. ( 1972 )

Comments on the production information

  • Prod: < $300,000

Comments on the workings information

  • A Shaft And Drifts, Inaccessible. Large Dump.

Comments on development

  • 5 Patented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, Alfred L., 1934, Geology Of The Pearl - Horseshoe Bend Gold Belt, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. Pamphlet 41, P. 28.

  • Deposit

    Griner, W. C., 1973 , 70th Ann. Rept. Of The Idaho Mine Inspector For 1972 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Steigner, William D. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-MAR-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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