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War Eagle Mine

Past Producer in Owyhee county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106086
MRDS ID W028025
Record type Site
Current site name War Eagle Mine
Alternate or previous names Orofino, Golden Chariot, Mahogany, Sinker, Ida Elmore, South Chariot
Related records 10266142

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.70427, 43.00428 (WGS84)
Elevation 2385
Relative position 1.5 MI SE OF SILVER CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murphy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Snake-Succor(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle 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 Owyhee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 005S 003W 04,08,09 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 150
USGS model code 25c
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Comstock
Mark3 model number 16

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.70427, 43.00428
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1865

Mining district

District name French District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Golden Crest Min. And Mlg. Co. ( 1972 )

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRINER, W. C., 1973 , 70 TH ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1972

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1977 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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