Black Hawk Mine

Past Producer in Washington county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold
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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105578
MRDS ID W012759
MAS/MILS ID 0160870052
Record type Site
Current site name Black Hawk Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.06431, 44.56066 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Relative position LOCATED 20 MILES DOWN STREAM OF HUNTINGTON, ORE; 22 1/2 MI. NORTH OF WEISER, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monroe Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 014N 006W 09 W2NWSE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON SOUTH SIDE OF DENNETT CREEK JUST ABOVE THE MARIA GROUP.

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE IN 1890'S WAS 4.2% CU; .4% PB; 5.2% ZN; 19.25 OZ. AG AND .005 OZ. AU/TON.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Wurtzite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Sericitization, Chloritization

Analytical data

Result 27 SMELTER SAMPLES FROM UPPER ORE ZONE (1904) AVERAGED 28 OZ. AG/TON AND .9% CU
Result AVERAGE OF LOWER ZONE: 10 OZ. AG/TON AND 1.25% CU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Seven Devils Volcanics-Andesite, Latite;Diorite;Porphyry
    Rock description Seven Devils Volcanics-Andesite, Latite;Diorite;Porphyry
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.06431, 44.56066

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Area Appears To Be On The North Limb Of A Faulted Anticline Of General N.E. Trend.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N. 70 DEG. W.
    Dip 60 - 75 DEG. N. E.
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N. W. Trending Fractures.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ANDESITIC ROCKS ARE PORPHYRITIC, GREEN IN COLOR. FELDSPARS ARE NOT DETERMINABLE. THE ROCK HAS UNDERGONE ALTERATION TO PRODUCE SERICITIC PRODUCTS.

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 Mineral District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • AVERAGE ORE GRADES GIVEN ABOVE; (9) IS AFTER 5% BROKEN ORE AND (10) IS UNSORTED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 762M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 7 ADIT LEVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, ALFRED L., AND WAGNER, WARREN R., 1952, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 95, 26 P

  • Deposit

    1952 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., PAMPHLET 9

  • Production

    ANDERSON, A. L., AND WAGNER, W. R., 1952, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., PAMPHLET 95, 26 P.

  • Deposit

    MINERAL PROPERTY FILE NO. 0160870125.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1976 Benjamin, David A.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-MAR-1995 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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