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Checkmate Mine

Past Producer in Gem county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105568
MRDS ID W007825
MAS/MILS ID 0160450007
Record type Site
Current site name Checkmate Mine
Alternate or previous names Hecla-Checkmate

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.32037, 43.85428 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position IN THE TOWN OF PEARL, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gem(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pearl(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Boise(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Gem

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006N 001E 15 S2NWSE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On The S. Side Of Willow Cr.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitized
  • (Local) Pyritized

Analytical data

Result DUMP SAMPLE ASSAYED 2.19 OZ AU, 13.8 OZ AG/TON
Result ORE WITH LOTS OF SPHALERITE, SOME GALENA, ASSAYED 0.68 OZ AU, 7.1 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Quartz Diorite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Diorite;Lamprophyre Dike
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
    Rock type qualifier Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.32037, 43.85428
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 84 DEG W
    Dip 60 DEG N
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 274.32M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • Open Vugs With Well - Shaped Crystals, Especially Quartz, Are Common.
  • Original ore control entry:
    Shear Zone
  • Original alteration entry:
    Local - Sericitized, Pyritized

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name West View Dist.

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hella - Checkmate Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hecla-Checkmate Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • Nearly One Million Dollars Total Output Au.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 178.31M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, Alfred L., 1934, Geology Of The Pearl - Horseshoe Bend Gold Belt, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 41, P. 25

  • Production

    Anderson, A. L., 1934, Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 41, P. 25

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Steigner, William D. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-MAR-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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