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Newburg Mine

Past Producer in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gold
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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. 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 10089020
MRDS ID W007560
Record type Site
Current site name Newburg Mine
Related records 10289842

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.00376, 43.94488 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harris Creek Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(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 007N 004E 17 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • AT THE BASE OF THE EAST ESCARPMENT OF BOISE RIDGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe Stains

Analytical data

Result 0.2 TO 0.5 OZ AU/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Rhyolite Porphyry
    Rock description Rhyolite Porphyry
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.00376, 43.94488
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Boise Ridge Fault

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Width 21.34M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Boise Basin District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Talache Mines, Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • SOME ORE WAS TREATED IN LOCAL STAMP MILLS.

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE SLUICING AND TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, ALFRED L., 1947, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF BOISE BASIN, IDAHO, U. S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 944 - C, P. 282

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    ANDERSON, A. L. 1947, USGS BULL. 944 - C, P. 282

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Steigner, William D. U.S. Geological Survey

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