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Oriental Mine

Past Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold
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  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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070741
MRDS ID W013809
Record type Site
Current site name Oriental Mine
Related records 10265715

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.42871, 43.43239 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position 9 MI. SW OF HAILEY, ID.

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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 001N 017E 09 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    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) -114.42871, 43.43239
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SEAMS, BUNCHES
    Strike N 65 DEG W
    Dip 30 - 55 DEG NE
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 609.6M
    Width 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone Striking N 65 Deg W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Camas District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

    1946 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 7

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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