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Smuggler Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071168
MRDS ID W014410
Record type Site
Current site name Smuggler Mine
Related records 10289898

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.82036, 44.01908 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 11 MI. WSW OF LOWMAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grimes Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deadwood River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boise-Mores(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Boise 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 Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008N 005E 24 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • CHARLOT GULCH, 1 1/4 MI. E. GRIMES PASS.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = HAILEY 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitized

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite, Granodiorite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite, Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.82036, 44.01908
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 36.58M
    Width 0.91M
    Depth to bottom 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Grimes Pass District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 426.72M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1947, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BOISE BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 944-C, P. 119 - 319

  • Deposit

    1947 GEOLMAP ANDERSON, A. L., BULL. 944-C

  • Production

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1947, USGS BULL. 944-C, P. 305.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 ORE SHOOTS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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