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Painter Mine

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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 10105764
MRDS ID W015363
MAS/MILS ID 0160490243
Record type Site
Current site name Painter Mine
Alternate or previous names Surprise Group, Idaho Newsome

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Geographic coordinates: Elevation UTM Precision Relative position Point location
-115.46069, 45.42154 (WGS84) 792 3 MI W OF LEMHI POINT
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-115.46127, 45.42207 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fivemile Bar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Chamberlain(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)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 024N 008E 15 NWSWNW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Near Confluence Of Little Five Mile Creek And Salmon River, In Bottom Of Salmon R. Canyon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Two Selected Samples Were Collected. One Contained 40.43 Grams Gold And 21.58 Grams Silver Per Tonne. The Second Sample Assayed 135 Gram Gold Per Tonne.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Fe Oxides

Analytical data

Result CHIP, DUMP AND GRAB SAMPLES CONTAINED UP TO 3.95 OZ AU/TON AND UP TO 1.52 OZ AG/TON

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.46069, 45.42154
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(2) -115.46127, 45.42207
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Intense Fracture System

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES AND STRINGERS
    Length 15.24M
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Shear Zones, Contacts

Comments on the geologic information

  • Andesite Dikes Trend Generally East And Dip South

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1935
Discoverer Clyde D. Painter

Mining district

District name Salmon River District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Nez Perce National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Robert V. Hansberger
    Home office Idaho
    First year 1973

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Limited Potential Estimated

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 Adits, 2 Trenches, 1 Pit On East Side; 1 Adit, 2 Trenches, 1 Pit On West Side

Comments on development

  • 4 Patented Claims; Mill; Shaft, Head Frame, Hoist House, Aerial Tramway On East Side Of River, Shop And Oil Storage Shed On The West Side

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Cater, F. W., And Others, 1973, Mineral Resources Of The Idaho Primitive Area And Vicinity, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1304, 431 P.

  • Deposit

    Weis, P. L., Schmitt, L. J., And Tuchek, E. T., 1972, Mineral Resources Of The Salmon River Breaks Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1353 - C, P. 23 - 27

  • Deposit

    Lorain, S. H., 1938, Gold Mining And Milling In Idaho County: USBM Inf. Circ. 7039, 90 P.

  • Deposit

    1938 Recon USBM Inf. Circ. 7039

  • Deposit

    1970 Recon P. L. Weis And Others, Bulletin 1353-C

  • Deposit

    1973 Recon F. W. Cater And Others, Bulletin 1304

  • Deposit

    WFOC Mineral Property File 016 049 0243

  • Production

    Cater, F. W., And Others, 1973, Bulletin 1304.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-74 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 25-NOV-83 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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