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Boise Basin Improvement Co. Mine

Past Producer in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069873
MRDS ID W007617
Record type Site
Current site name Boise Basin Improvement Co. Mine
Related records 10192496

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.97536, 43.96238 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 2 MI NW OF PLACERVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Placerville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Idaho City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(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 007N 004E 10 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • NE OF GOLD HILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized; Mn Oxides ; Sericite

Analytical data

Result A 5 - POUND AVERAGE CHANNEL SAMPLE ASSAYED 11.20 OZ/TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Rhyolite Porphyry
    Rock description Rhyolite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.97536, 43.96238
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, PATCHES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone, Fissures

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • HAS PRODUCED $36,000 FROM OXIDIZED PORTIONS OF TWO VEINS, AND ABOUT $27,000 WAS RECOVERED FROM PLACERING IN CALIFORNIA GULCH (BELOW VEIN OUTCROPS).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 54.86M

Comments on development

  • 33 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, 103 P

  • Deposit

    1924 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUR MINES, BULL.

  • Production

    BALLARD, S. M., 1924,: ID. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. NO. 9.

Reporter information

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

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