Utah Group Mine

Past Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Land status
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10070711
MRDS ID	W013761
Record type	Site
Current site name	Utah Group Mine
Related records	10192623

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-114.49902, 43.82849 (WGS84)
Elevation	2560
Relative position	8.25 MI. SE OF GALENA, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Amber Lakes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sun Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Wood(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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	Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Boise	006N	017E	19		Idaho

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Silver	Primary
Lead	Primary
Zinc Critical	Secondary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Galena	Ore
Limonite	Gangue
Pyrite	Gangue
Quartz	Gangue

Analytical data

Result	THREE SAMPLES ACROSS ZONE AVERAGED 0.3 OZ. AG/TON
Result	2% PB
Result	0.3% ZN

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Associated

Rock type

Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Rock unit name

Challis Volcanics-Andesite

Rock description

Challis Volcanics-Andesite

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Pliocene
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Pliocene
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Pliocene

Host or associated Host

Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-114.49902, 43.82849	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

Strike N 40 DEG E

Dip 65 DEG SE

Length 45.72M

Strike	N 40 DEG E
Dip	65 DEG SE
Length	45.72M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No
Discovery year	1927

Mining district

District name	North Fork Of Wood River District

Land status

Ownership category	National Forest
Area name	Sawtooth National Forest

Comments on the workings information

2 ADITS, 2 PITS

Comments on development

3 CLAIMS; SHOP, CABIN, AND WATER-DRIVEN 25 TON/DAY CAPACITY MILL NEAR BOULDER CREEK; AERIAL TRAM CONNECTS MILL AND WORKINGS

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W013761
Idaho Geological Survey	Idaho Mines and Prospects	IMP	HA1026	http://www.idahogeology.org/

Bibliographic references

Deposit

TSCHANZ, C. M., AND OTHERS, 1974, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE SAWTOOTH NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, CUSTER AND BLAINE COUNTIES, IDAHO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT., 648 P
Deposit

1974 OTHER C. M. TSCHANZ AND OTHERS, OPEN-FILE REPT
Production

TSCHANZ, C. M., AND OTHERS, 1974, USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JUL-1976	Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat)	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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