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Big Lode Mine

Past Producer in Elmore 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. 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 10089040
MRDS ID W007868
MAS/MILS ID 0160390010
Record type Site
Current site name Big Lode Mine
Alternate or previous names Leonora, Hazel Queen, Anna Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.12983, 43.78489 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 1.5 MI SSW OF ATLANTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elmore(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Atlanta West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Idaho City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North and Middle Forks Boise(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 Elmore

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 005N 011E 10 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Midway Between The Tahoma And Monarch Mines; Previous Quad Designation = Boise 1:250000; Latitude-Longitude Values Calculated From Township, Range, Section.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe Oxides, Scorodite

Analytical data

Result $15 AG/TON, $8 AU/TON, 1870'S PRICES

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.12983, 43.78489
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciation

Ore body information

  • General form BUNCHES
    Strike N 65 DEG W
    Dip STEEPLY NE
    Length 304.8M
    Width 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone, Fracture

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 Atlanta District Or Middle Boise District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Big Lode Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings Reported To Be Extensive

Comments on development

  • 20 - Stamp Mill And Concentrator

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1939, Geology And Ore Deposits, Atlanta District, Elmore Co., Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pam. 49, P. 67

  • Deposit

    1939 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pam. 4

  • Production

    Anderson, A. L. 1939, Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Pam. 49, P. 66

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1975 Steigner, William D. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1976 Everett, Sandra E. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-MAR-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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