| Deposit ID | 10105553 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W007638 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cosmopolitan Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Hammond Group |
| Related records | 10120567 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -116.70957, 43.09318 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1774 |
| Relative position | 5 MI NE OF SILVER CITY |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Owyhee(county)
Idaho(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Silver City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Murphy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Snake-Succor(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Idaho | Owyhee |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boise | 004S | 003W | 08,09 | Idaho |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Antimony Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Stibnite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | SEMIQUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF SPECIMEN GAVE 10 OZ. AG/TON. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Silver City Granite-Granodiorite | ||||||
| Rock description | Silver City Granite-Granodiorite | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -116.70957, 43.09318 |
|---|
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 50 DEG E |
| Dip | 25 DEG SE |
| Width | 0.3M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Carson District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Cosmopolitan Mines Co Ltd ( 1940 ) |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 274.32M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W007638 | |
| Idaho Geological Survey | Idaho Mines and Prospects | IMP | BO_439 | http://www.idahogeology.org/ |
ASHER, R. R., 1968, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF A PORTION OF THE SILVER CITY REGION, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 138, 106 P.
CAMPBELL, A., 1940 , 42ND ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1940.
1968 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 13
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1975 | Miller, Pat J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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