Slip Easy Mine

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071656
MRDS ID W015162
MAS/MILS ID 0160490157
Record type Site
Current site name Slip Easy Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.45907, 45.56877 (WGS84)
Elevation 1775
Relative position 1.75 MI NW OF TOWN OF DIXIE ON RIDGE BETWEEN BOULDER CREEK AND DIXIE GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dixie(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elk City(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

Nez Perce-Clearwater 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 Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 026N 008E 22 Idaho

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization, Silicification, Oxidation

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) -115.45907, 45.56877

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciation

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR, PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 38 DEG W
    Dip NE
    Width 1.22M

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 Dixie District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Nez Perce National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. A. Hugo
  • Type Owner
    Owner Willes, William

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings Total Several Hundred Feet

Comments on development

  • 5 Claims; Mill

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    Capps, S. R., And Roberts, R. J., 1939, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 48

  • Deposit

    Capps, S. R., And Roberts, R. J., 1939, The Dixie Placer District, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 48, 35 P.

  • Deposit

    Roberts, R. J., 1938, The Petrography And Ore Deposits Of The Dixie District, Idaho: Seattle, Washington, Univ. Of Washington, M.S. Thesis, 61 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 Veins

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 12-OCT-1990 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.

External references