Virginia Mine

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver
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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070432
MRDS ID W013368
MAS/MILS ID 0160590191
Record type Site
Current site name Virginia Mine
Alternate or previous names Gem, Midway, McKillop Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.58281, 45.10599 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591
Relative position 15 1/2 MI. SE OF SALMON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldstone Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lemhi(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N 024E 35 NWSW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 4500 Ft S17w Of Goldstone Mtn ; Info From Land.St :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Hornblende Syenodiorite Dike
    Rock description Hornblende Syenodiorite Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Yellowjacket Formation
    Rock description Yellowjacket

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.58281, 45.10599

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form GRAINS, BUNCHES, PATCHES

Comments on the geologic information

  • Country Rx Trend N20-30e, Dip Moderate, SW
  • Original alteration entry:

    Local - Oxidation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sandy Creek District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Picard, T. D.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 11 Adits (1910)

Comments on development

  • 5 Claims, Patented In 1910 For W.A. Byers. Early Ore Milled In Arrastra. 10-Stamp Mill Used In Early 1900'S. Owned By Virginia Mining Co. 1925-35. Shipped Ore For Milling Tests In 1930. T.D. Picard Shipped Concentrates In 1937-38. Tram Connected Mine To Mill.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1957, Geology And Mineral Resources Of The Baker Quadrangle, Lemhi County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 112, 71 P.

  • Deposit

    Forest Service Files, D.W. Peters, Salmon, ID

  • Production

    Anderson, A. L., 1957, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 112, 71 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-OCT-1990 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.