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Silver Cliff Lode

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096303
MRDS ID W014204
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Cliff Lode
Related records 10290966

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.49566, 44.91268 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position 4 MI. S. YELLOW PINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yellow Pine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 018N 008E 09 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS: TRACE AG, 4.2 % SB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Monzonitic Aplite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Monzonitic Aplite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

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

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Length 1524M
    Width 365.76M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Albert Hennessey

Mining district

District name Yellow Pine District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Idaho Minerals Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hennessey, Albert

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHRADER, F. C., AND ROSS, C. P., 1926, ANTIMONY AND QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS IN THE YELLOW PINE DISTRICT, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 780, PP 137-167.

  • Deposit

    BELL, R. N., 1935, THE GOLD RESOURCES OF IDAHO: MINING AND CONTRACTING REVIEW, V. 33, NO. 37, P. 6 - 7.

  • Deposit

    1926 RECON SCHRADER, F. C., AND ROSS, C. P., BULL. 78

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS FOUND IN N-S SILICEOUS MINERALIZED ZONE

Reporter information

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

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