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Subrosa Mine

Past Producer in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, 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. 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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089027
MRDS ID W007602
Record type Site
Current site name Subrosa Mine
Related records 10289863

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.75429, 43.91321 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 6 1/2 MI NE OF IDAHO CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pioneerville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Idaho City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(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 006E 33 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE HIGH, STEEP SLOPE FACING MOORE CR. AND CENTRAL BOISE BASIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.75429, 43.91321
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 56 DEG W
    Dip SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Idaho City

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Consolidated Mines Syndicate

Comments on the production information

  • UNCONFIRMED REPORTS THAT ORE WAS MINED IN EARLY DAYS OF THE MINE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESOURCES EST. FOR BOTH SUBROSA AND WASHINGTON (NO.114) MINES.

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. 238

  • Deposit

    BELL, R.N., 1929, BOISE BASIN CONTINUES MAKING HISTORY; MINING TRUTH, V. 14, NO. 17.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    ANDERSON, A. L. 1947 USGS BULL. 944 - C P. 238

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A CONTINUATION OF THE FOREST KING LODE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1975 Steigner, William D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-1976 Siefken, Robert R. U.S. Geological Survey

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