Gates Mine

Past Producer in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Arsenic, Gold, Lead, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10265209
MAS/MILS ID 0160150319
Record type Site
Current site name Gates Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.33565, 44.33908 (WGS84)
Elevation 2496
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bull Trout Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deadwood River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Payette(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Boise 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 Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 012 N 009 E 25 SWSW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Granodiorite and two-mica granite.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 4-93, 1993, P. 56-57.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-SEP-1993 Close, Terry J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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