Silver Hill Mine

Occurrence in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069855
MRDS ID W007582
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Hill Mine
Related records 10289605

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.00596, 43.97068 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 1 1/2 MI. NW OF QUARTZBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harris Creek Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boise-Mores(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 Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 007N 004E 05 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 600 FT N. OF BLUE ROCK MINE. RIDGE BETWEEN GRANITE CR. AND CONFEDERATE GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result THE VEIN ASSAYED 0.12 OZ AU, 30 OZ AG, 3% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granite;Basic Dike
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granite;Basic Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.00596, 43.97068

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BUNCHES
    Strike N 70 DEG W
    Dip 55 DEG SW
    Width 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Boise Basin

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Consolidated Mines Syndicate

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • VEIN OUTCROPS TRACED FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED FT EACH WAY FROM THE MINE.

Comments on development

  • 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BALLARD, S. M., 1924, GEOLOGY AND GOLD RESOURCES OF BOISE BASIN, BOISE, COUNTY IDAHO: ID. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. NO. 9, P. 72.

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1947 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BOISE BASIN, IDAHO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 944-C, P. 252 - 253

  • Deposit

    1924 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL., BULL. 9

  • Deposit

    1947 GEOLMAP A. L. ANDERSON, BULL. 944-C

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1975 Murphy, Lyn S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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