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North Hornet Mine

Past Producer in Adams county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Uranium, REE, Niobium (Columbium), Sand and Gravel, Construction, Tantalum
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105580
MRDS ID W012780
MAS/MILS ID 0160030065
Record type Site
Current site name North Hornet Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.6413, 44.89127 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position LOCATED SMILES NORTH OF HORNET CREEK RANGER STATION.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Adams(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rocky Comfort Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McCall(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Weiser(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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 Adams

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 018 N 003 W 13 SWSESE Idaho
Boise 018N 002W 07 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Head Waters Of Hornet Creek; 3 Mi. N.W. Of Peck Mtn., On N. Side Of Summit Cr.
  • Property Is Also Located In Section 24.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Uranium Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
Sand and Gravel, Construction Tertiary
Tantalum Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Samarskite Is A Niobate And Tantalata Of Fe, U, And The Cerium Metals But Is Of Little Economic Value Here.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gravel Ore
Barite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Silicification, Pyritization, Gossan

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Felsic Metamorphic Rock > Keratophyre
    Rock unit name Seven Devils Volcanics-Tuffs, Greenstones, Argillites;Jur-Quartz Diorite;Seven Devils Volcanics-Quartz Keratophyre;Columbia River Basalt
    Rock description Seven Devils Volcanics-Tuffs, Greenstones, Argillites;Jur-Quartz Diorite;Seven Devils Volcanics-Quartz Keratophyre;Columbia River Basalt
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Seven Devils Volcanics-Argillites
    Rock description Seven Devils Volcanics-Argillites

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.6413, 44.89127
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1931

Mining district

District name Unorganized District, Council Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • The Au Ore Was Worth $200

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 42.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • A 140 - Foot Shaft Is On The Property. The Only Deposit Of Value Is A Weathered Granular Quartz Diorite Which Is Used For Road Metal By The Forest Service.

Comments on development

  • Mill

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Cook, E. F., 1954, Mining Geology Of The Seven Devils Region: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 97, 22 P.

  • Deposit

    Wracher, David, 1969, The Geology And Mineralization Of The Peck Mtn. Area, Hornet Quad., Idaho: Corvallis, Oregon State Univ., M.S. Thesis, 78 P.

  • Deposit

    1954 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol., Pamp. 9

  • Production

    Cook, E. F., 1954, Id. Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pamphlet 97, 22 P.

  • Deposit

    Douglass,R.M.-1954 Geocronite: Am.Mineralogist, Vol.39, Nos. P906-928

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Benjamin, David A.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 23-DEC-1996 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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