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Mariah Mine

Past Producer in Washington county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070095
MRDS ID W012778
MAS/MILS ID 0160870053
Record type Site
Current site name Mariah Mine
Alternate or previous names Maria, Black Maria

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.07181, 44.55986 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position LOCATED 20 MILES DOWN STREAM OF HUNTINGTON, ORE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monroe Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(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 Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 014N 006W 09 SWSESW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON SOUTH SIDE OF DENNETT CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Wurtzite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation, Chloritization, Sericitization

Analytical data

Result RICHER SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.28 OZ. AU, 55.92 OZ. AG/TON. IN 1890'S ORE RAN 1 - 2% CU AND 25 - 30 OZ. AG/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.07181, 44.55986
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Area Appears To Be On The North Limb Of A Faulted Anticline Of General N.E. Trend.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 52 DEG W
    Dip STEEP N.E.
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zones, Directed By Faults Of N 45 - 60 Deg W Trend And Steep Ne And Sw Dip

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ANDESITIC ROCKS ARE PORPHYRITIC, GREEN IN COLOR. FELDSPARS ARE NOT DETERMINABLE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mineral District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 320.04M
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on development

  • OXIDIZED ORE IS CONFINED TO WITHIN 50 FEET OF THE SURFACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., AND WAGNER, W. R., 1952, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., PAMP. 95, 26 P.

  • Deposit

    BELL, R. N., 1920, TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1919, P. 87 - 88.

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1963, SILVER MINERALIZATION IN THE MINERAL DISTRICT, IDAHO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 58, NO. 8, P. 1195 - 1217.

  • Deposit

    TURNER, H. W., 1908, ORE DEPOSITS AT MINERAL, IDAHO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 3, NO. 6, P. 492 - 502.

  • Deposit

    5) LIVINGSTON, D. C., 1925, RECONNAISSANCE OF THE MINERAL AND CUDDY MOUNTAIN MINING DISTRICTS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 13, P. 19.

  • Deposit

    1920 COMPILE 21ST ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY FOR 1919

  • Deposit

    1925 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, PAMPHLET 13

  • Deposit

    1952 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 95

  • Production

    ANDERSON, A. L., AND WAGNER, W. R., 1952, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 95, 26 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRIKE VARIES N 45 - 60 DEG W

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 Benjamin, David A.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-MAR-1995 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

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