Bowerman Mine

Past Producer in Elmore county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070790
MRDS ID W013879
MAS/MILS ID 0160390751
Record type Site
Current site name Bowerman Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.12483, 43.24549 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position 5 MI. SW OF HILL CITY, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elmore(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dempsey Meadows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mountain Home(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Camas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Elmore

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 002S 011E 14 NWSE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification, Sericite, Epidote, Chlorite, Albite

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.12483, 43.24549

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description E - W Shear Zone Roughly 10 Mi. Long

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.25M

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 Volcano District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Bowerman, A. C.

Comments on development

  • 9 Unpatented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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