Roland and Taylor Group Mine

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Tungsten, 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. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070385
MRDS ID W013287
MAS/MILS ID 0160590007
Record type Site
Current site name Roland and Taylor Group Mine
Alternate or previous names Dike

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.92923, 45.57159 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 1 MI N OF GIBBONSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gibbonsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wisdom(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 026N 021E 24 C S2N2 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On W Side Of Anderson Cr ; Info From Land.St :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result $3.50/TON AU CLAIMED IN 1913

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Diorite
    Rock description Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Gunsight
    Rock description Gunsight

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.92923, 45.57159

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 E
    Dip 70 SE
    Width 30.48M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Diorite Is Hanging Wall, Schist Is Footwall.

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 Gibbonsville District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner George R. Hughes
    First year 1918

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M

Comments on development

  • 2 Crosscut Tunnels: 1 Caved Near Mouth, The Other 400 Ft Long. 4 Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 528, 1913, P. 134.

  • Deposit

    Livingston, D. C., 1919, Tungsten, Cinnabar, Manganese, Molybdenum, And Tin Deposits Of Idaho: Univ. Of Idaho, School Of Mines Bulletin 2, V. 14, 72 P., P. 29-30.

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Ic 7082, 1939, Fig. 5.

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 25-93, 1993, P. 62.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Bainbridge, Terri L.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1983 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-APR-1994 Mayerle, Ronald T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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