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Wiseboy Mine

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Mineral rights holdings
  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 10105755
MRDS ID W015133
MAS/MILS ID 0160490115
Record type Site
Current site name Wiseboy Mine
Alternate or previous names Wise Boy

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.68228, 45.63817 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position 3.75 MI N OF CONCORD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Pole(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nez Perce-Clearwater 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 Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 027N 006E 35 NE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On S Slope Of North Pole, Near Head Of Wiseboy Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • No Quartz Seen Underground

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Schist (Xenoliths)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.68228, 45.63817
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Trends N 10 Deg W, Dips 60 Deg E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • Foliation Of Inclusions Strikes Between N 10 Deg W And N 60 Deg W, Dips Between 65 Deg W And 65 Deg E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Buffalo Hump District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Nez Perce National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. N. Oliver

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 150.88M

Comments on development

  • 10 - Stamp Mill

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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