Reliance Mine

Past Producer in Butte county in Idaho, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Bismuth, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105774
MRDS ID W015680
MAS/MILS ID 0160230040
Record type Site
Current site name Reliance Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.59168, 43.6007 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 14.5 MI WSW OF ARCO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Champagne Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Arco(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Idaho Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Walcott(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 003N 024E 10 NWSESW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Small Gulch Tributary To Champagne Creek Less Than 0.5 Mi N Of St. Louis Mine

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Jamesonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Wurtzite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching
  • (Local) Sericitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Challis Volcanics-Andesite
    Rock description Challis Volcanics-Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.59168, 43.6007

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS
    Strike N 20 DEG W
    Dip 70 DEG E
    Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original Alteration entry: Bleaching, Sericitization

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 Lava Creek District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 91.44M

Comments on development

  • 4 Unpatented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1929, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Lava Creek District, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 32, 70 P.

  • Deposit

    Umpleby, J. B., 1917, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Mackay Region, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 97, 129 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JAN-1995 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.

External references