Germania and Arctic Group Mine

Past Producer in Custer county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  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 10070624
MRDS ID W013632
MAS/MILS ID 0160370737
Record type Site
Current site name Germania and Arctic Group Mine
Alternate or previous names Idaho Germania

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.65702, 43.99459 (WGS84)
Elevation 3048
Relative position 8 1/2 MI. N. OF GALENA, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horton Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth 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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008N 015E 26 NE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Three Cabins Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES OF QUARTZ AVERAGED:\n0.06 OZ AU/TON, \n8.2 OZ AG PER TON, \n6.14% PB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name White Cloud Stock-Porphyritic Granite
    Rock description White Cloud Stock-Porphyritic Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Wood River Formation-Quartzite
    Rock description Wood River Formation-Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.65702, 43.99459

Economic information

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 Germania Creek District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • No Record of Production Exists, But Some Pb - Ag Ore Was Probably Produced

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 307.85M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 Adits On Arctic Lode and 3 Adits and 1 Inclined Shaft On Germania Lode; All Caved and Inaccessible.

Comments on development

  • 2 Claims Patented In 1894

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 01-JUL-1992 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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