Harris-Holte Mine

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Antimony
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. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071520
MRDS ID W014959
MAS/MILS ID 0160490189
Record type Site
Current site name Harris-Holte Mine
Alternate or previous names Fox & Briggs, Leadville, Holt

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.85488, 45.40677 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Relative position 15.25 MI SW OF CONCORD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Johnson Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Chamberlain(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 024N 005E 21 SWSWSE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Near Summit Of Mt. Marshall

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
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) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.85488, 45.40677

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 90 DEG
    Length 76.2M
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Burgdorf District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner E. M. Holt

Comments on the production information

  • Value $300000

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on development

  • 25 Ton Mill

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    Bell, R. N., 1918, Mining Industry Report For 1917.

  • Deposit

    Lorain, S. H., 1938, Gold Mining And Milling In Idaho County, Idaho: USBM Inf. Circ. 7039, 90 P., Fig. 16.

  • Deposit

    Bell, R. N., 1918, Nineteen Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For The Year 1917.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 08-OCT-1993 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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