Revenue Mine

Past Producer in Elmore county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Molybdenum
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. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105678
MRDS ID W013886
MAS/MILS ID 0160390051
Record type Site
Current site name Revenue Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.15563, 43.23459 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position 6 MI. SW OF HILL CITY, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elmore(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Heaven Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mountain Home(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Camas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Elmore

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 002S 011E 21 C Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericite, Epidote, Silica, Chlorite, Albite

Analytical data

Result SOME CHALCOPYRITE ORE YIELDED $80/TON IN AG, CU, PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Dikes-Aplite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Dikes-Aplite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.15563, 43.23459

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description East - West Shear Zone Roughly 10 Mi. Long

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 70 DEG E
    Dip 60 DEG NW
    Length 304.8M
    Width 4.57M
  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Dip 60 DEG NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone, Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Volcano District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Consolidated Mines Syndicate

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 457.2M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on development

  • 11 Unpatented Claims ; Econ.Com: $13/Ft For Tunnel

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.