Ozark Mine

Past Producer in Idaho 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070186
MRDS ID W012919
MAS/MILS ID 0160490360
Record type Site
Current site name Ozark Mine
Alternate or previous names Bald Eagle

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.02569, 45.51317 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 10 MI. N.E. OF RIGGINS HOT SPRINGS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Florence(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nez Perce-Clearwater 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 Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 025N 003E 12 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Head Of Ozark Creek.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Diorite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.02569, 45.51317

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike S. 84 DEG. E.
    Dip 65 DEG. S.
    Thickness 0.46M
    Width 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer W. C. Crim

Mining district

District name Florence District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Nez Perce National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 365.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • Stamp Mill. Tunnels Strike N. 62 Deg. E..

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Reed, John C., 1939, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Florence Mining District, Idaho County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology, Pamphlet 46, 44 P.

  • Deposit

    Lindgren, W., 1900 , The Gold And Silver Veins Of Silver City, Delamar, And Other Mining Districts In Idaho, In USGS 20th Ann. Rept., Pt. 3 , P. 236 - 237.

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Grangeville Quad No. 202

  • Deposit

    Kauffman and others, 2000, Florence and Rapid River areas USFS AML field report (Nez Perce NF, v. 1).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-OCT-1990 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.