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Hayfork Mine

Past Producer in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Antimony, Zinc, Lead
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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. 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 10069876
MRDS ID W007620
Record type Site
Current site name Hayfork Mine
Related records 10241100

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.68515, 43.90378 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 11 MI NE OF IDAHO CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sunset Mountain(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;007N 007E;006E 31;36 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Stibnite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.68515, 43.90378
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 609.6M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zones, Faults

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

  • PRODUCTION UP TO 1932, $15,000; SINCE THEN MUCH MORE ORE HAS BEEN MINED AND TREATED IN THE MILL.

Comments on development

  • 2 CLAIMS, GOLD BUG AND BLACK EAGLE; MILL ON CREEK BELOW GOLD BUG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BALLARD, SAMUEL M., 1924, GEOLOGY AND GOLD RESOURCES BOISE BASIN BOISE CO., IDAHO, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 9, P. 99

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A.L., 1947, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BOISE BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 944-C, P. 241-242.

  • Deposit

    1924 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUR MINES, BULL. 9

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Steigner, William D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1976 Everett, Sandra E. U.S. Geological Survey

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