Cleveland Mine

Past Producer in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105762
MRDS ID W015219
Record type Site
Current site name Cleveland Mine
Related records 10120912

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.46487, 45.06928 (WGS84)
Elevation 2408
Relative position .25 MI NE PROFILE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Profile Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork Salmon(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 020N 008E 15 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE RETURNED $100/TON (1902)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite, Granodiorite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite, Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • 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) -115.46487, 45.06928

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Edwardsburg District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ORE PRODUCED IN 1902 RAN $100/TON AG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHENON, P. J., AND ROSS, C. P., 1936, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR EDWARDSBURG AND THUNDER MOUNTAIN, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44, 45 P.

  • Deposit

    JACOBS, M. H., 1903, REPORT OF THE MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1902.

  • Deposit

    BELL, R. N., 1904, REPORT OF THE MINING DISTRICTS OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1903.

  • Deposit

    1903 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S ANNUAL REPT.

  • Deposit

    1904 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S ANNUAL REPT.

  • Deposit

    1936 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44

  • Production

    SHENON, P. J., AND ROSS, C. P., 1936, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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