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El Paso Group

Past Producer in Gem county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089055
MRDS ID W007914
MAS/MILS ID 0160450015
Record type Site
Current site name El Paso Group
Alternate or previous names Granite State, Old Man

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.29237, 43.86848 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 1 3/4 MI NE 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)

Payette(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 12 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On The E And Ne Side Of Crown Point

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.4 - 0.5 OZ AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.29237, 43.86848
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SEAMS AND STRINGERS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original ore control entry:
    Fissure Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
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 Owner-Operator
    Owner Granite State Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • Prod: < $300,000

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 3048M
    Overall depth 213.36M

Comments on development

  • 20 Patented Claims, 16 Unpatented Claims

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. 3

  • Production

    Anderson, A. L., 1934, Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 41, P. 34.

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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