Red Jacket Mine

Past Producer in Owyhee county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, 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. 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 10089034
MRDS ID W007677
Record type Site
Current site name Red Jacket Mine
Related records 10144412

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.69407, 43.00158 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Relative position ON WAR EAGLE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murphy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Snake-Succor(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle 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 Owyhee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 005S 003W 09 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • A FEW THOUSAND FT FROM IDA ELMORE MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE WORTH $50 A TON IN 1870

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Silver City Granite-Granite
    Rock description Silver City Granite-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) -116.69407, 43.00158

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N - S
    Dip VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1868
Year of first production 1869

Mining district

District name French District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Golden Crest Min. And Mlg. Co. ? ( 1972 )

Comments on the production information

  • $39,000 OF AU + AG WAS MINED IN 1872

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1371.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 ADIT TUNNELS

Comments on development

  • 13 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PIPER, A. M., AND LANEY, F. B., 1926, GEOLOGY AND METALLIFEROUS RESOURCES OF THE REGION ABOUT SILVER CITY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 11, 165 P.

  • Deposit

    RAYMOND, R. W., 1870 , STATISTICS OF MINES AND MINING IN THE STATES WEST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS: 41ST CONGRESS, 2ND SESSION, HOUSE OF REP., EXEC. DOC. 207 , P. 233 - 247.

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL, A., 1936 , 38TH ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1936.

  • Deposit

    1926 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 11

  • Deposit

    1936 DIREXPL WAR EAGLE MIN. AND MLG. CO.

  • Production

    RAYMOND, R. W., 1870 - 1874 , 41ST - 43RD CONGRESSES HOUSE OF REP. EX. DOCS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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