Musgrove Group

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096242
MRDS ID W013523
MAS/MILS ID 0160590101
Record type Site
Current site name Musgrove Group
Alternate or previous names Musgrove Copper Mine, Victory Mine, Meadow Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.33313, 45.03049 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position 6.5 MILES SW OF COBALT, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blackbird Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 020N 018E 27 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • N. Side Of Musgrove Creek, A Mile From Its Mouth

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Stains

Analytical data

Result ORE AVG. $20/TON BUT IN SPOTS RUNS AS HIGH AS $75/TON A

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Rhyolite
    Rock description Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.33313, 45.03049

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Quartzites Strike From N 45 - 60 Deg E
  • Original alteration entry:
    Local - Iron, Manganese Stains

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes

Mining district

District name Blackbird District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Considerable Tonnage Blocked Out

Comments on development

  • 5 Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Umpleby, J. B., 1913, Geology And Ore Deposits Of Lemhi County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 528, 182 P.

  • Deposit

    Ross, C. P., 1927 , Ore Deposits In The Tertiary Lava In The Salmon River Mountains, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 25 , 20 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Several Veins, Only 1 Carries Gold In Commercial Amounts

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-OCT-1990 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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