Venable Mine

Past Producer in Valley 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070803
MRDS ID W013900
Record type Site
Current site name Venable Mine
Related records 10120405

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.12265, 44.96428 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position 33 MI NE OF KNOX AND WARM LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Safety Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pistol Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Middle Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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 Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 019N 011E 20,21 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ROCK FROM MILL ASSAYED TRACE AU, 0.08 OZ AG/TON, AND 0.1% PB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Challis Volcanics-Argillized And Silicified Rhyolite Flow Breccia
    Rock description Challis Volcanics-Argillized And Silicified Rhyolite Flow Breccia
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.12265, 44.96428

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1902
Discoverer J. M. Venable

Mining district

District name Thunder Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner George W. Lovell

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 731.52M
    Overall width 274.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • 40 PITS AND TRENCHES; MAIN ADIT SEVERAL HUNDRED FT. LONG.; JOINS SUNNYSIDE PROPERTY ON THE NORTH

Comments on development

  • MILL; 4 PATENTED LODE CLAIMS, MILLSITE, TOTAL 62 ACRES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHENON, P. J., AND ROSS, C. P., 1936, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR EDWARDSBURG AND THUNDER MOUNTAIN, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44, 45 P.

  • Deposit

    CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE IDAHO PRIMITIVE AREA AND VICINITY, IDAHO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1304, 431 P.

  • Deposit

    1936 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44

  • Deposit

    1973 RECON CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, BULL. 1304

  • Production

    CATER, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1973, USGS BULL. 1304, 431 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references