Solace Mine

Past Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, 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. 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 10070784
MRDS ID W013872
Record type Site
Current site name Solace Mine
Related records 10143863

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.84763, 43.79459 (WGS84)
Elevation 2719
Relative position 2 MI SW OF VIENNA, ID.; 14 MI. SW 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

Frenchman Creek(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 Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 005N 014E 06 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Proustite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Granodiorite and two-mica granite.

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E
    Dip 35 DEG N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Vienna District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C. P., 1927, THE VIENNA DISTRICT, BLAINE COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 21, 17 P

  • Deposit

    1927 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 2

  • Production

    ROSS, C. P., 1927, IDA. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. PAMPHLET 21.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-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.

External references