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Vishnu Mine

Past Producer in Elmore county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Zinc
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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 10105575
MRDS ID W007888
MAS/MILS ID 0160390015
Record type Site
Current site name Vishnu Mine
Alternate or previous names Idaho, Esmeralda, Bullhide, Clifton Bell, Mountain Goat., Idaho Gold Corporation

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.30234, 43.69158 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 3/4 MI WNW OF ROCKY BAR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elmore(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rocky Bar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Idaho City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Boise(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 Elmore

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 004N 010E 07,08 NESESE (01) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On The N. Side Of Bear Cr.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result $2.65 - $200 AU/TO PRIOR TO 1881

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith;Idaho Batholith
    Rock description Idaho Batholith;Idaho Batholith
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

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

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 80 DEG W
    Dip 65 DEG N
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1863

Mining district

District name Rocky Bar District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Idaho Gold Corp.

Comments on the production information

  • $850,000 By 1881
  • Prod. > $300,000 Strahorn, R.E. 1881 Res. Idaho, P. 39.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 518.16M
    Overall depth 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • Probably More Drifts And Crosscuts Were Driven Than Indicated By The 1700 Ft Figure

Comments on development

  • Several Groups Of Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1943, Geology Of The Gold - Bearing Lodes Of The Rocky Bar District, Elmore Co., Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines Pam. 65, P. 2

  • Deposit

    1943 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pam. 6

  • Production

    Anderson, A. L., 1943, Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pam. 65, P. 27

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 Steigner, William D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1976 Siefken, Robert R. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-MAR-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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