Hall - Interstate Mine

Past Producer in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090092
MRDS ID W014263
Record type Site
Current site name Hall - Interstate Mine
Related records 10193310

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.58176, 44.46988 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Relative position 37 3/4 MI WNW OF STANLEY; 12 3/4 MI SSE OF WARMLAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bernard Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deadwood River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Payette(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 Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 013N 007E 11 Idaho

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Analytical data

Result RANDOM SAMPLES AVG. 10% PB, 20 OZ AG/TON, $2.00 AU/TON (1929 PRICES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Pegmatite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Schist
    Rock description Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.58176, 44.46988

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S
    Dip 90 DEG
    Length 365.76M
    Width 12.19M
    Depth to bottom 426.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone, Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1884
Discoverer James Hawley
Year of first production 1929

Mining district

District name Deadwood River Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bunker Hill And Sullivan Mining And Concentrating Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1946
    Period 1943-1946
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Ave. 0.02 Oz Au, 3.89 Oz Ag/Ton, 0.23 % Cu, 1.43 % Pb, 3.53 % Zn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Lead Lead 1wt-pct
    Major Ore Gold Gold 1g/mt
    Ore Zinc Zinc 4wt-pct
    Ore Copper Copper 0wt-pct
    Ore Silver Silver 110g/mt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BELL, R. N., 1929, BUNKER HILL IN THE DEADWOOD BASIN: MINING TRUTH, V. 14, NO. 13, P. 5 - 6.

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C. P., 1941, THE METAL AND COAL MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO, WITH NOTES ON THE NON-METALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 57, 263 P.

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL, S., 1931, BUNKER HILL AND SULLIVAN M. AND C. CO.: THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1930, P. 32-40.

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL, A., 1945 , FORTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1944 , P. 197 - 209.

  • Deposit

    5) MCDOWELL, G.A., 1948 , FORTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1947 , P. 229 - 240.

  • Deposit

    1931 COMPILE IDAHO STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S ANN. REPT., 1930

  • Deposit

    1941 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 57

  • Deposit

    1945 COMPILE IDAHO STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S ANN. REPT., 1944

  • Deposit

    1948 COMPILE IDAHO STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S ANN. REPT., 1947

  • Production

    ITEM 8, MCDOWELL, G.A., 1948 , 49TH ANNUAL REPORT, P. 240 ; ITEMS 17 , 18 , CAMPBELL, A., 1945 , 46TH ANNUAL REPORT, P. 209

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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