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Joe Branson Group

Occurrence 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069877
MRDS ID W007624
Record type Site
Current site name Joe Branson Group
Related records 10241422

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.79316, 44.05208 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position 1 MI SE OF CARPENTER RANCH.

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)

South Fork Payette(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 006E 07 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED AT THE TOP OF GRIMES CREEK - PAYETTE RIVER DIVIDE, 3 MI. E OF GRIMES PASS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitized

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granodiorite and two-mica granite.
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 30 DEG E
    Dip SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1947 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BOISE BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 944-C, P. 119 - 319

  • Deposit

    1924 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUR MINES BULL. 9

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 PARALLEL LODES, 1 IN RHYOLITE DIKE, 1 IN IDAHO BATHOLITH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1975 Moody, Ula L. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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