Camas Mine

Past Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Uranium, Lead, Copper
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070729
MRDS ID W013794
Record type Site
Current site name Camas Mine
Alternate or previous names Camas No. 2
Related records 10217011

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.4781, 43.4119 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 11 MI. SW OF HAILEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Richardson Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fairfield(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 001N 017E 18,19 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 2 MI SW OF RUSTLER MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Uranium Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ABNORMALLY HIGH RADIOACTIVITY FOUND AT SURFACE ALONG ONE SIDE OF VEIN

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result 0.33 OZ. AU/TON
Result 1.39 OZ. AG/TON AVG IN CAMAS BODY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Basalt;Dikes-Lamprophyre
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite;Basalt;Dikes-Lamprophyre
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.4781, 43.4119

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike SE
    Dip 35 - 55 DEG NE
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 32M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865
Year of first production 1879

Mining district

District name Camas District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Camas Trust Co.
    First year 1942

Comments on the production information

  • $1,250,000 PRODUCED. $45,168 WAS PRODUCED IN 1886. ITEM 2 VALUE $1,536; ITEM 3 VALUE $13,224; ITEM 4 VALUE $270. 1902 - $96,000 IN MILL TAILINGS. 1940 - $78,000 FROM TAILINGS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 152.4M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEIS, P. L., AND OTHERS, 1958, RECONNAISSANCE FOR RADIOACTIVE MINERALS IN WASHINGTON, IDAHO, AND WESTERN MONTANA, 1952 - 1955: USGS BULL. 1074 - B, P. 7 - 48.

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., AND WAGNER, W. R., 1946, A GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE HAILEY GOLD BELT (CAMAS DISTRICT), BLAINE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 76, 26 P.

  • Deposit

    BELL, R. N., 1913, FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1912.

  • Deposit

    1946 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 76

  • Deposit

    1955 RECON D.L. SCHMIDT, BULL. 1074-B

  • Production

    ANDERSON, A. L., AND WAGNER, R. W., 1946, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 76

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-03-01 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.

External references