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Big Giant Mine

Past Producer in Ada 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089103
MRDS ID W013099
MAS/MILS ID 0160010083
Record type Site
Current site name Big Giant Mine
Alternate or previous names New Year

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.02736, 43.62178 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 10 MI. NE OF BOISE, ON ADA COUNTY - BOISE COUNTY LINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lucky Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boise-Mores(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 Ada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 003 N 003 E 01 NE Idaho
Boise 003N 004E 06 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Near Idaho City Road - Location (Utm And Township - Range) Are Approximations.
  • Also Located In Boise County

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AU AVERAGED $6.00 PER TON IN 1906.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granodiorite and two-mica granite.
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 45 DEG SW
    Width 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Boise District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Big Giant Gold Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 2133.6M

Comments on development

  • Property Of 400 Acres

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Bell, R. N., 1907, Eighth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1906, P. 17 - 18.

  • Deposit

    Bell, R. N., 1908, Ninth Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1907, P. 17 - 18.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 23-DEC-1996 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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