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Diana Mine

Past Producer in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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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. 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. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069866
MRDS ID W007605
Record type Site
Current site name Diana Mine
Related records 10119559

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.81626, 44.01848 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 8 1/2 MI SE OF GARDEN VALLEY, IDAHO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grimes Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deadwood River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(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

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 008N 005E 24 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • E. OF GOLDEN AGE MINE

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • SELECTED SAMPLES ASSAYED UP TO 46.2% ZN, 75.1 OZ AG, AND 49.6% PB.

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized; Fe And Mn Stains; Gouge

Analytical data

Result SMELTER RETURNS: 0.86 - 2.12 OZ AU, 11.5 - 15.1 OZ. AG, 10.0 - 18.2% PB, 4.8 - 10.4% ZN, 0.65% CU, 16.7 - 24.4% FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granite;Quartz Diorite Porphyry;Rhyolite Porphyry, Aplite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granite;Quartz Diorite Porphyry;Rhyolite Porphyry, Aplite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.81626, 44.01848
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 33.53M
    Width 1.07M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Boise Basin ; Grimes Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mineral Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 838.2M
    Overall depth 198.12M

Comments on the workings information

  • ITEMS M160 AND M170 WERE UNDERWAY IN 1924.

Comments on development

  • 10 UNPATENTED, 11 PATENTED LODE CLAIMS, AND 1 PLACER CLAIM OF ABOUT 160 ACRES. A 15 - TON PLANT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BALLARD, S. M., 1924, GEOLOGY AND GOLD RESOURCES OF BOISE BASIN, BOISE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 9, 103 P

  • Deposit

    1924 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES, BULL.

  • Production

    BALLARD, 1924, IDAHO BUR MINES & GEOL. BULL. 9.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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