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Meadow Creek Mine

Past Producer in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Antimony, Copper, Molybdenum
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105681
MRDS ID W013917
Record type Site
Current site name Meadow Creek Mine
Related records 10241821

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.33516, 44.89928 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 6 MI NE OF REARDON LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stibnite(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 018N 009E 15 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal; Silicification; Sericitization

Analytical data

Result ORE: 0.15 - 0.5 OZ AU/TON, 55 - 60 % SB, 25 OZ AG/TON
Result DRILL SAMPLES 0.17 - 0.75 OZ AU/TON, 17 OZ AG/TON, 17 % SB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite, Granodiorite;Dikes
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite, Granodiorite;Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartzite, Schist, Marble
    Rock description Quartzite, Schist, Marble
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.33516, 44.89928
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Meadow Creek Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 70 DEG NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Structure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900
Discoverer Alfred Hennessey
Year of first production 1932

Mining district

District name Yellow Pine District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Bradley Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • 1951 PRICES: TOTAL VALUE $1547000, AG $116,000, SB $215,000

Comments on the workings information

  • OVER 44000 FT DIAMOND DRILLING AND 4650 FT OF DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHENON, P. J., AND ROSS, C. P., 1936, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR EDWARDSBURG AND THUNDER MOUNTAIN, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44, 45 P.

  • Deposit

    COOPER, J. R., 1951, GEOLOGY OF TUNGSTEN, ANTIMONY, AND GOLD DEPOSITS NEAR STIBNITE, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 969-F, PP. 151 - 195.

  • Deposit

    CURRIER, L. W., 1935, A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE YELLOW PINE DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 43, 27 P.

  • Deposit

    1935 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 43

  • Deposit

    1936 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44

  • Deposit

    1951 RECON COOPER, J. R., BULL. 969 - F.

  • Production

    COOPER, J. R., 1951, USGS BULL. 969 - F, P. 180.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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