Wilson Group

Past Producer in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Antimony, Silver, Copper
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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  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 10105763
MRDS ID W015327
Record type Site
Current site name Wilson Group
Related records 10290348

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.41596, 45.0596 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 4.5 MI SE OF GREELEY MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Profile Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle 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 020N;020N 008E;009E 24;19 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR PROFILE GAP; ADJOINS PROFILE - YELLOW PINE CLAIMS ON THE N.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Antimony Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Kermesite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibiconite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification; 4 Inches Gouge; Sericitization; Oxidation

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES ASSAYED 1.5 OZ AU/TON. USGS ASSAYS OF 0.01 OZ AU
Result 0.95, 1.22 OZ. AG
Result 0.09, 0.95 OZ SB/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Dikes-Quartz Latite Porphyry, Lamprophyre;Challis Volcanics-Andesite, Rhyolite;Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite
    Rock description Dikes-Quartz Latite Porphyry, Lamprophyre;Challis Volcanics-Andesite, Rhyolite;Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granodiorite and two-mica granite.

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50 DEG W
    Dip 65 DEG E
    Width 10.67M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1896
Discoverer Sam Wilson

Mining district

District name Edwardsburg District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sam Wilson

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 243.84M

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

    1936 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44

  • Deposit

    GEOCHEM E. T. ERICKSON, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44

  • Production

    SHENON, P. J., AND ROSS, C. P., 1936, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 44, 45 P.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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