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Mc Call Mine

Past Producer in Owyhee county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Ownership information
  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 10069915
MRDS ID W007694
Record type Site
Current site name Mc Call Mine
Related records 10192961

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.65317, 42.91128 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position ABOUT 4 MI SSE OF SILVER CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cinnabar Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Triangle(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Jordan Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(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 006S 003W 14 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR THE HEAD OF MEADOW CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Silver City Granite-Granodiorite
    Rock description Silver City Granite-Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.65317, 42.91128
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 30 DEG W
    Dip 20 DEG NE
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Discoverer Mc Call

Mining district

District name Steele District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mc Call Mining And Exploration Co. (E. Bachman)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 256.03M
    Overall depth 15.24M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S

Reporter information

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

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