Never Sweat Mine

Past Producer in Owyhee county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. 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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069910
MRDS ID W007686
Record type Site
Current site name Never Sweat Mine
Related records 10241987

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.6968, 43.00405 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position ABOUT 2 MI SE OF SILVER CITY AND 1 MI S. OF WAR EAGLE MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murphy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Snake-Succor(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 Owyhee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 005S 003W 17 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON W. FLANK OF STORMY HILL AND ABOUT A MI S 25 DEG W FROM WAR EAGLE SUMMIT; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = BOISE 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericite

Analytical data

Result 250 FT ORE BODY AVERAGED 0.4 OZ. AU AND 92.8 OZ AG/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Silver City Granite-Granodiorite;Basalt Unit-Basalt
    Rock description Silver City Granite-Granodiorite;Basalt Unit-Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.6968, 43.00405

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 20 DEG W
    Dip 70 DEG E
    Width 0.46M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Never Sweat Mining Co.

Mining district

District name French District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • SOME AU WAS PRODUCED IN 1931.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1005.84M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 TUNNELS FOR 3300 FT WORKINGS ( 1935 )

Comments on development

  • 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1927 ; PATENTED AREA BY 1971

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SALMAN, D.S.A., 1972, GEOLOGY OF TRIANGLE QUADRANGLE AREA, OWYHEE COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M.S. THESIS, 65 P.

  • Deposit

    PIPER, A.M. AND LANEY, F. B., 1926, GEOLOGY AND METALLIFEROUS RESOURCES OF THE REGION ABOUT SILVER CITY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 11, 165 P.

  • Deposit

    WALKER, W. P., JR., 1965, GEOLOGY OF A PART OF THE OWYHEE MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF SILVER CITY, IDAHO: UNIV. OF IDAHO, MOSCOW, M S THESIS, 59 P.

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL, A., 1935 , 37TH ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1935.

  • Deposit

    1926 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 1

  • Production

    GERRY, C. N., AND MILLER, T. H., 1934 , 1932 , USBM MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1931 , 1929 , PT. 1 METALS, P. 459 - 460 , 395 - 396.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FLAT VEIN STRIKES N 5 DEG W, DIPS 45 DEG E. ORE SHOOT SEEMS TO PITCH S ABOUT 60 DEG.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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