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Nellie Mine

Past Producer in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089056
MRDS ID W007917
Record type Site
Current site name Nellie Mine
Related records 10168531

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.24017, 43.90068 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position 2 1/2 MI SW OF HORSESHOE BEND, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horseshoe Bend(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)

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 Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 007N 002E 32 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • S. SIDE OF PAYETTE R., 1 MI. SW OF THE OSBORNE MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.25 - 1.50 OZ AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.24017, 43.90068
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Thickness 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Horseshoe Bend Dist.

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • SOME ORE WAS MILLED. PRODUCTION FIGURES UNAVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 548.64M
    Overall depth 274.32M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, ALFRED L., 1934, GEOLOGY OF THE PEARL - HORSESHOE BEND GOLD BELT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPH 41, P. 33

  • Deposit

    1934 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAM. 4

  • Production

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1934, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 41, P. 33

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Steigner, William D. U.S. Geological Survey

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